† inˈcathedrate, v. Obs.
[f. med.L. incathedrāre, f. in- (in-2) + cathedra chair, bishop's seat.]
trans. To place in a chair; to chair; esp. to place in the cathedra or bishop's chair; to enthrone as a bishop.
| 1635 E. Pagitt Christianogr. 77 He was there incathedrated, and with great reverence received and esteemed. 1641 Sir E. Dering Sp. Relig. 21 June (1642) 72 You are in your selves but fellow-members of the same house with us..untill by our Election, and by common suffrage you are Incathedrated. |