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==Etymology==
− It is [[bor|fro|cathedral]] and Late Latin cathedrālis, of the (bishop's) chair,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from Latin cathedra, chair,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Greek [[m|grc|καθέδρα|tr=kathédrā|t=seat, bench]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from katá, down, and hédra, seat, from the root of [[sit]].^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) [[chair]] comes from the same Latin word.^(Cresswell 2021)^(Barnhart 1988)
+ It is [[bor|fro|cathedral]] and [[la-lat|cathedrālis]], of the (bishop's) chair,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|cathedra]], chair,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from Greek [[m|grc|καθέδρα|tr=kathédrā|t=seat, bench]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|grc|κατά|tr=katá]], down, and [[m|grc|ἕδρα|tr=hédra]], seat, from the root of [[sit]].^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) [[chair]] comes from the same Latin word.^(Cresswell 2021)^(Barnhart 1988)
==Earliest recorded meaning==