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** from Latin ''cathedra'' for "a teacher's chair"
** from Latin ''cathedra'' for "a teacher's chair"
*** thus the seat of the Bishop
*** thus the seat of the Bishop
*** in a church, the '''cathedra''' is the seat used only by the Bishop
** Greek ''kata'' "down" + ''hedra'' "seat, base, chair"
** Greek ''kata'' "down" + ''hedra'' "seat, base, chair"
*** from PIE '''*sed-''' "to sit"
*** from PIE '''*sed-''' "to sit"