HyperDic: ex_cathedra

English > 1 sense of the expression ex cathedra:
ADVERBallex cathedrawith the full authority of the office
English > ex cathedra: 1 sense > adverb 1
MeaningWith the full authority of the office.
Example"the pope must speak ex cathedra for an encyclical to be infallible"

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