cathedra

ca·the·dra

C0162700 (kə-thē′drə)n. pl. ca·the·drae (-drē) 1. A bishop's official chair or throne.2. The office or see of a bishop.3. The official chair of an office or a position, as of a professor.

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[Middle English, from Latin, chair, from Greek kathedrā : kat-, kata-, cata- + hedrā, seat; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

cathedra

(kəˈθiːdrə) n1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a bishop's throne2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the office or rank of a bishop3. (Roman Catholic Church) See ex cathedra[from Latin: chair]

ca•the•dra

(kəˈθi drə, ˈkæθ ɪ-)

n., pl. -drae (-dri, -ˌdri) the seat or throne of a bishop in the principal church of a diocese. [1625–35; < Latin < Greek kathédra chair, throne, derivative of kathézesthai to sit down]

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cathedra - a throne that is the official chair of a bishopbishop's thronecathedral - any large and important churchthrone - the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.; "the king sat on his throne"