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词汇 ex-cathedra
释义 ex cathedra
adjective[ before noun ], adverb
 formaluk /ˌeks kəˈθiː.drə/ us /ˌeks kəˈθiː.drə/
with complete authority, or said by the Pope to be true and so accepted by all members of the Roman Catholic Church权威性的;来自权威方面的;(教皇谕旨)一贯判断正确的
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Christianity: The Roman Catholic Church
Examples from literature

I said, "A Bishop's lightest word ex cathedra is heavy." 
Is there another judge of morals than the Pope speaking ex cathedra, as I always did? 

Examples of ex cathedra


ex cathedra
Only if you decide excathedra that one position is dominant.
It is not something to be handed down, excathedra, from on high as by a monarch.
The views he expressed were received very largely as excathedra statements.
This statement is made excathedra, with no experimental evidence cited in support.
Mine was the generational privilege of hearing him speak excathedra, or even more of seeing him, for his expressiveness went far beyond words alone.
He tends to make excathedra assertions about political and social changes rather than drawing on the wider social science literature.
It would be incautious to make excathedra statements.
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I would not allow myself to be drawn into excathedra statements on scientific matters on a supplementary question.
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So the issue narrows down to the excathedra way of doing that.
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Be that as it may, whether it is excathedra or in cathedra it is purported to be authoritative.
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After all, it was she who, just before the election, made the excathedra announcement on the aboli- tion of the rating system.
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I do not think that his excathedra, assertive and highhanded exposition is responsible.
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In view of certain excathedra utterances, has the worst not now come to the worst?
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I would not wish to give any excathedra opinion on this point.
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It was an excathedra statement with no proof whatsoever.
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