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cathedra
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cathedra
throne indicative of religious power. [Folklore: Jobes, 307]
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From 1893, when the first primate was elected by the first General Synod, until 1969, there was no fixed primatial see (home to the bishop's throne or cathedra); the primate also served as a diocesan bishop.
During the 1877 mission of Father Henebery, an Irish-American priest of the Order of the Precious Blood, for example, crowds became so large that children under twelve had to be prevented from attending Mass in order to accommodate a congregation that swelled inside the altar rails of the sanctuary, around the Bishop's throne and right up to the altar steps.
A cathedral is the principal church of a diocese, containing the bishop's throne.
 
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