Definitions for ex-cathedra

ex-cathedra ex ca·the·dra

Spelling: [eks kuh-thee-druh, Ex-Cathedra is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 423 anagrams from letters in ex-cathedra (-aacdeehrtx).

Definitions for ex-cathedra

adjective, adverb

  1. from the seat of authority; with authority: used especially of those pronouncements of the pope that are considered infallible.

Origin of ex-cathedra

First recorded in 1810-20, ex cathedra is from the Latin word ex cathedrā literally, from the chair

Examples for ex-cathedra

For your ex cathedra knowledge of serving wines, for example.

Uncle Sam examined it and pronounced, ex cathedra, that it must have been a real letter.

Whatever is may not be right—the maxim has too much of an ex cathedra sound—but whatever is is interesting.

They are not to be foisted on one's readers as anything "ex cathedra."

Why does he pronounce, ex cathedra and robed, that Cowper is no poet?

Their opinions are given with an ex cathedra air that seems to exclude any appeal against them.

Word Value for ex-cathedra
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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