ex cathedra

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

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

Borrowed from Latin ex cathedrā.

• IPA^(key): /ɛksˈka.te.dra/

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ex cathedra

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

• Katheder

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

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

• “ex cathedra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ex cathedrā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛks kaˈtɛ.dra/
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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

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

• 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