ex-cathedra

 [eks kuh-thee-druh, kath-i-druh]  

ex ca·the·dra

   [eks kuh-thee-druh, kath-i-druh]
noun
from the seat of authority; with authority: used especially of those pronouncements of the pope that are considered infallible.
Origin:
1810–20; < Latin ex cathedrā literally, from the chair
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