Examples of cathedra in a Sentence
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The new archbishop taking his seat on the cathedra officially signals the start of his service in New York.
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Tony Aiello, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
The nonprofit held an open house Sunday for its new boutique on the lower level of the cathedra’s Fellowship Hall, providing vulnerable women with low-cost or free clothing and other essentials.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
The Orthodox communion has little choice but to engage this situation robustly, for the present patriarch of Moscow is on the brink of turning his cathedra into a slaughter bench, and himself into the accomplice of a war criminal.
—Tim Kelleher, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022
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Tony Aiello, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
The nonprofit held an open house Sunday for its new boutique on the lower level of the cathedra’s Fellowship Hall, providing vulnerable women with low-cost or free clothing and other essentials.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
The Orthodox communion has little choice but to engage this situation robustly, for the present patriarch of Moscow is on the brink of turning his cathedra into a slaughter bench, and himself into the accomplice of a war criminal.
—Tim Kelleher, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022
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“Cathedra.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cathedra. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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