excathedral, a. rare.
(ɛkskəˈθiːdrəl)
[f. the L. phrase ex cathedra (see cathedra) + -al1.]
Official, authoritative.
| 1880 A. Mitchell Past in Present vi. 143, I say this..with a proper amount of ex-cathedral confidence. |
Hence excaˈthedralishly adv., in an official manner, as if with authority.
| 1831 Blackw. Mag. XXX. 123 Before we can understand any thing of Homer, it has been said ex-cathedralishly, that we must study the manners of the heroic ages. |