cathegoria

Portuguese

Noun

cathegoria f (plural cathegorias)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of categoria.
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 80:
      Assim fallavam alguns indivíduos pertencentes a diversas cathegorias da pequena sociedade da villa de X∗∗∗ []
      Thus spoke some individuals belonging to various classes of the small society of the town of X∗∗∗ []