† cathedrate, a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. cathedra + -ate2.]
Containing a cathedra or bishop's seat.
| 1536 in Atterbury Addit. 1st ed. Rights Convoc. (1701) App. 43 You our said Bishops..in your Cathedrate Churches. |
So † cathedrated ppl. a., enthroned on the bishop's seat; installed in the professorial chair.
| 1626 W. Sclater Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 128 At length wee finde him [Antichrist] a Bishop Cathedrated in the Church. 1654 R. Whitlock Observ. Manners Eng. 385 (T.) With the cathedrated authority of a prælector or publick reader. |