"cathedra" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: [kəˈθiːdɹə] Forms: cathedrae [plural], cathedras [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra, “chair of a teacher, throne”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). Doublet of chair and chaise. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sed-}}, {{bor|en|la|cathedra||seat}} Latin cathedra (“seat”), {{der|en|grc|καθέδρα||chair of a teacher, throne}} Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra, “chair of a teacher, throne”), {{m|grc|κατά||down}} κατά (katá, “down”), {{m|grc|ἕδρα||seat}} ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”), {{doublet|en|chair|chaise}} Doublet of chair and chaise Head templates: {{en-noun|cathedrae|s}} cathedra (plural cathedrae or cathedras)
  1. The chair or throne of a bishop. Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-cathedra-en-noun-zLj4JDI0 Disambiguation of Christianity: 72 9 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 13 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 5 13
  2. The rank of bishop.
    Sense id: en-cathedra-en-noun-p66PNI0d
  3. The official chair of some position or office, as of a professor.
    Sense id: en-cathedra-en-noun-en:official_chair
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ex cathedra

Inflected forms

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