Definitions for cathedra

cathedra ca·the·dra

Spelling: [kuh-thee-druh, kath-i-]
IPA: /kəˈθi drə, ˈkæθ ɪ-/

Cathedra is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 313 anagrams from letters in cathedra (aacdehrt).

Definitions for cathedra

noun

  1. the seat or throne of a bishop in the principal church of a diocese.
  2. an official chair, as of a professor in a university.
  3. an ancient Roman chair used by women, having an inclined, curved back and curved legs flaring outward: the Roman copy of the Greek klismos.

Origin of cathedra

1625-35; Latin Greek kathédra, derivative of kathézomai to sit down; see cata-, sit1; cf. chair

Examples for cathedra

The cathedra, which was probably identical with the sella muliebris mentioned by Suetonius, was mostly used by women.

It is not a cathedral; that is, it is not the "cathedra" of a bishop.

Parts are translated in Greenwood, cathedra Petri, iii., 364-371.

The cathedral church is small, and the only thing which impressed me in it is the cathedra itself.

To reason thus is to put subtlety into the cathedra of common-sense, to bewilder vision by legerdemain.

And hence, he says, matter is as it were the stool (cathedra) of the One.

The cathedra was properly a soft or easy chair used in the gynca, or womens apartments.

To reason thus is to put subtlety into the cathedra of common sense, to bewilder vision by legerdemain.

It is believed that this was the "cathedra" of St. Wilfrid himself.

In this spot, near the residence of the king, a church was built, in which the bishop's cathedra was placed.

Word Value for cathedra
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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