chaire

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English

Noun

chaire (plural chaires)

  1. Obsolete spelling of chair
    • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “”, in Apophthegmes New and Old. , London: Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, , →OCLC, page 234:
      [T]he poſture of the Confeſſant and the Prieſt in Confeſsion: which is, that the Confeſſant kneeles downe before the Prieſt ſitting in a raiſed chaire aboue him.

French

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chaire, from Old French chaiere, chaere, inherited from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra). Doublet of cathèdre and chaise.

Pronunciation

Noun

chaire f (plural chaires)

  1. pulpit
  2. rostrum
  3. chair (of university)
  4. throne (of the pope)

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Middle English

Noun

chaire

  1. Alternative form of chayer

Middle French

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Etymology

From Old French chaiere, from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).

Noun

chaire f (plural chaires)

  1. chair (item of furniture)
    • 1552, François Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:
      Apportez moy a ce bout de table une chaire.
      Bring me a chair to the end of this table.

Descendants

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

chaire

  1. Lenited form of caire.
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