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A church is any gathering of Christian people wherever they meet - e.g. in a home, or a building designed for that purpose. So any gathering or place of Christian worship can be thought of as a church. In some denominations churches are called 'chapels', but they are still, basically, churches - places where Christians meet together. A cathedral is a special church holding the 'cathedra' - the bishop's throne. Similarly, a basilica is a special church usually designed to hold the remains or relics of a particular person - usually a saint, eirther currently or at some time in the past. Thus, St Peter's Basilica in Rome is not only a church (as it is a place of worship) and is not only a cathedral (as it houses the cathedra of the Bishop of Rome - the Pope) , but it is a basilica too as it also houses the tomb of St Peter himself. Similarly, in Northern France, the basilica of St Theresa of Lisieux is a church, and a basilica (as it houses some of her bones) but it is not classed as a cathedral as the Bishop of Lisieux's throne is situated in Lisieux Cathedral a mile or so away.

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