prep_phrase
Meaning 1
With authority based on one's rank or office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
ex cathedra
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adverb
Meaning 2
with the full authority of the office
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the pope must speak ex cathedra for an encyclical to be infallible
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ex cathedrā (“from the (teacher's) chair”).