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Definition of Cathedra

1. Noun. A throne that is the official chair of a bishop.

Definition of Cathedra

1. n. The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority.

Definition of Cathedra

1. Noun. The chair or throne of a bishop. ¹

2. Noun. The rank of a bishop. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cathedra

1. a bishop's throne [n -DRAS or -DRAE]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cathedra

Literary usage of Cathedra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander (1854)
"This church could with as little propriety be called the cathedra Petri, ... But that the Roman church held a prominence, as the cathedra Petri, ..."

2. Monuments of the Early Church by Walter Lowrie (1906)
"THE cathedra • About the seating arrangements of the churches there is very ... The presbyters' bench was interrupted in the middle by the cathedra or ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The fact, evidenced by the martyrologies (see above), that by the ninth century one of the two feasts of the Roman cathedra had drifted away to Antioch, ..."

4. A Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith, Francis Warre Cornish (1898)
"cathedra, chair. (From a Greek vase. l whereas the tetta liad neither. ... The cathedra was more used by women than by men (Mart. iii. 68 ; Hor. Sat. i. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The removal of a bishop's cathedra from a church deprives tint church of its cathedral dignity, although often the name ..."

6. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"1713 to celebrate the peace of Utrecht, but this is almost his sole composition extant. [Chapter records of Wells cathedra], communicated by Mr. W. Fielder ..."

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