Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bishop's official chair or throne.
- noun The office or see of a bishop.
- noun The official chair of an office or a position, as of a professor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The throne or seat of a bishop in the cathedral or episcopal church of his diocese.
- noun Hence The official chair of any one entitled or professing to teach with authority, as a professor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority.
- noun in the exercise of one's office; with authority.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
chair orthrone of abishop . - noun The
rank of abishop .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a throne that is the official chair of a bishop
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A Christian church building in which a bishop has his official seat (cathedra is Latin for chair).
cathedral 2002
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A church building in which a Christian bishop has his official seat; cathedra is Latin for chair.
cathedral 2002
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The word cathedra, so expressive in the language of antiquity, has gradually been replaced in liturgical usage, by throne (thronus) or seat (sedes).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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He sat there, as teachers do in cathedra -- in the chair of instruction.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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The chief Church in a diocese is called a Cathedral because the bishop's cathedra, that is, his seat or throne, is erected in it, and because he celebrates all important feasts and performs all his special duties in it.
Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4) Anonymous
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Therefore Peter first sat in that single cathedra, which is the first gift of the Church, to him succeeded Linus … to Damasus, Siricius, who is our contemporary, with whom the world together with us agree in one fellowship of communion by the interchange of letters.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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Her cathedra was a high arm-chair which she never quitted but to be carried to her observatory on the roof of the house, where she kept her astrological tablets and manuscripts.
Serapis — Volume 01 Georg Ebers 1867
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Her cathedra was a high arm-chair which she never quitted but to be carried to her observatory on the roof of the house, where she kept her astrological tablets and manuscripts.
Serapis — Volume 01 Georg Ebers 1867
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Her cathedra was a high arm-chair which she never quitted but to be carried to her observatory on the roof of the house, where she kept her astrological tablets and manuscripts.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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Her cathedra was a high arm-chair which she never quitted but to be carried to her observatory on the roof of the house, where she kept her astrological tablets and manuscripts.
Serapis — Volume 01 Georg Ebers 1867
bilby commented on the word cathedra
A few senses, take your pick, and mine is: "an ancient Roman chair used by women, having an inclined, curved back and curved legs flaring outward: the Roman copy of the Greek klismos".
November 22, 2007