cathedra – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
cathedra
n.
official chair (as of university professor); bishop's throne or chair; position or duties of a bishop
Cathedra
A
cathedra (
Latin, "chair", from
Greek, καθέδρα
kathédra, "seat") or
bishop's throne is the
seat of a
bishop. It is a symbol of the bishop's
teaching authority in the
Catholic Church, the
Orthodox Church, and in the
Anglican Communion churches.
Cathedra is the
Latin word for a
chair with armrests, and it appears in early Christian literature in the phrase "cathedrae apostolorum" indicating authority derived directly from the apostles; its
Roman connotations of authority reserved for the Emperor were later adopted by bishops after the 4th century. A
church into which a bishop's official
cathedra is installed is called a
cathedral.
cathedra
Noun
1. a throne that is the official chair of a bishop
(synonym) bishop's throne
(hypernym) throne
(part-holonym) cathedral
cathedra (de)
n.
cathedra, official chair (as of university professor); bishop's throne or chair; position or duties of a bishop
Cathedra
(n.)
The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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