ex cathedra : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ex cathedra	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ex cathedra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ex cathedra adv with the full authority of the office; "the pope must speak ex cathedra for an encyclical to be infallible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Cathedra \[d8]Cath"e*dra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] seat. See {Chair}.] The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority. {Ex cathedra} [L., from the chair], in the exercise of one's office; with authority. The Vatican Council declares that the Pope, is infallible [bd]when he speaks ex cathedra.[b8] --Addis & Arnold's Cath. Dict.