Câth'e-drâ or Ca-thê'drâ, n.

n. [Lat. cathedra, Gr. καθέδρα, seat, from κατά, down, and ἔδρα, seat, chair, from ἕζομαι, future ἑδοῦμαι, to sit; It. cattedra, Pr. cadera, cadieira, O. Sp. cadera, Pg. cadeira, O. Fr. cheyere.] A chair; appropriately, the chair or seat of a person in authority, as a bishop or lecturer.