ex cathedra

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ex cathedrā (“from the (teacher's) chair”).

Prepositional phrase

ex cathedra

  1. With authority based on one's rank or office.
    • 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers:
      The best training for style is speech; not monologues, or lectures ex cathedra, like those of the German professors, of whose uninterrupted didacticity their literature bears too many marks

See also

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ex cathedrā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛksˈka.te.dra/
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Adverb

ex cathedra

  1. (Roman Catholicism) with the infallible authority of the Pope
  2. (figurative) with authority, especially one that accepts no objection

Indonesian

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ex cathedrā (“from the (teacher's) chair”).

Adjective

ex cathedra (not comparable)

  1. ex cathedra:
    1. (Roman Catholicism) with the infallible authority of the Pope.
    2. (derogatory) with authority, especially one that accepts no objection

Further reading

Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ex cathedrā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛks kaˈtɛ.dra/
  • Syllabification:

Adjective

ex cathedra (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (Roman Catholicism, postpositive) ex cathedra (with the infallible authority of the Pope)
  2. (derogatory, literary, postpositive) ex cathedra (with authority, especially one that accepts no objection)
    Synonym: autorytatywny

Adverb

ex cathedra (not comparable)

  1. (Roman Catholicism, postpositive) ex cathedra (with the infallible authority of the Pope)
  2. (derogatory, literary, postpositive) ex cathedra (with authority, especially one that accepts no objection)
    Synonym: autorytatywnie

Further reading

  • ex cathedra I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ex cathedra II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ex cathedra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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