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Meaning of ex cathedra | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

With authority based on one's rank or office.

Equivalents

Français ex cathedra
Polski ex cathedra ex cathedra

Examples

“The best training for style is speech; not monologues, or lectures ex cathedra, like⟳ those of the German professors, of whose uninterrupted didacticity their literature bears too many marks”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

ex libris ex nihilo ex post ex stock ex tempore ex tunc

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