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Cathedra
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Cath′e-dra
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] seat. See
Chair
.] The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority.
Ex cathedra
[L., from the chair]
, in the exercise of one’s office; with authority.
The Vatican Council declares that the Pope, is infallible “when he speaks
ex cathedra
.” Addis & Arnold's Cath. Dict.
Definition 2024
cathedra
cathedra
English
Noun
cathedra (plural cathedrae or cathedras)
- The chair or throne of a bishop.
- The rank of a bishop.
- The official chair of some position or office, as of a professor.
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.tʰe.dra/, [ˈka.tʰɛ.dra]
Noun
cathedra f (genitive cathedrae); first declension
- armchair (having cushions and supports)
- ceremonial chair (of a teacher, later of a bishop)
- the office or rank of a teacher or bishop
Declension
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | cathedra | cathedrae |
genitive | cathedrae | cathedrārum |
dative | cathedrae | cathedrīs |
accusative | cathedram | cathedrās |
ablative | cathedrā | cathedrīs |
vocative | cathedra | cathedrae |
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Descendants
References
- căthē̆dra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cathedra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CATHEDRA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “căthedra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 275/2.
- cathedra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cathedra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “cathedra” on page 285/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- “cathedra” on page 158/1 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)