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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cathedra \Cath"e*dra\, n. [L., fr Gr ? seat. See {Chair}.]
The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in
high authority.
{Ex cathedra} [L., from the chair], in the exercise of one's
office; with authority.
The Vatican Council declares that the Pope, is
infallible ``when he speaks ex cathedra.'' --Addis &
Arnold's Cath.
Dict.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cathedra
n : the official chair of a bishop [syn: {bishop's throne}]
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