cathedra
Example Sentences
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Though Notre Dame has moved liturgically to a new home, Notre Dame will always remain Paris‘ cathedral - officials are at pains to point out - so long as the bishop’s physical chair, or “cathedra” doesn’t move.
From Washington Times
Though Notre Dame has moved liturgically to a new home, Notre Dame will always remain Paris’ cathedral — officials are at pains to point out — so long as the bishop’s physical chair, or “cathedra” doesn’t move.
From Seattle Times
The service will include traditions such as anointing Bishop Lane with oil, and she will sit in the cathedra - the bishop's seat - for the first time.
From BBC
Which Catholics believe in the primacy of the Pope's teachings, when he is not speaking ex cathedra?
From New York Times
Mr. Comey’s gnomic, ex cathedra distinction between Mrs. Clinton’s “extremely careless” handling of classified information and the “grossly negligent” standard that would have put her in legal jeopardy probably saved her candidacy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
