cathedra

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈθiːdɹə/ Rhymes: -iːdɹə === Noun === cathedra (plural cathedras or cathedrae) The chair or throne of a bishop. The rank of bishop. The official chair of some position or office, as of a professor. ==== Related terms ==== ex cathedra == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.tʰɛ.dra], [kaˈtʰɛd.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.te.dra], [kaˈtɛd.ra] === 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 teacher or bishop pulpit in Church for preaching chair ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “căthedra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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) Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “cathedra”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 158/1