ex cathedra

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ex cathedra (formal)

if someone speaks ex cathedra or makes an ex cathedra statement, they say something in an official way as if it must be obeyed or accepted His policy pronouncements made ex cathedra angered many of his colleagues.

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Are we to have a Pope of science, with infallible decrees laid down EX CATHEDRA, and accepted without question by the poor humble public? The Poison Belt by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			every Tom, Dick, and Harry every trick in the book Every tub must stand on its own bottom every walk of life every which way everybody everybody and his brother Everybody loves a lord everyone everyone and his brother everything everything an' all everything but the kitchen sink everything from soup to nuts everything humanly possible Everything in the garden is rosy everything okay? everything under the sun Everything's coming up roses Everything's going to be all right evict evidence evil Evil be to him who evil thinks evolve ex cathedra ex gratia exact from examine examine for examine in examine on example Example is better than precept exceed exceed by exceed in excel at except except for one thing exception excerpt from excess exchange exchange for exchange no more than exchange with excite excite about excite in excitement			Ex (disambiguation) Ex (disambiguation) Ex (disambiguation) Ex (relationship) Ex (typography) Ex (typography) Ex (typopgraphy) Ex (typopgraphy) Ex aequo et bono Ex Aer Lingus ex all ex all Ex Ante Ex Ante Average Rate of Return Ex Ante Average Rates of Return Ex Ante Average Return Rate Ex Ante Average Return Rates Ex ante return Ex Ante Returns Ex ante value Ex antecedentibus et consequentibus fit optima interpretatio Ex Astris Scientia Ex Bonus Ex boyfriend acitivated credit card under someone elses name Ex boyfriend agreed to help financially, changed his mind Ex boyfriend borrowed money Ex Brother-In-Law Ex Cap Ex Capitalization ex cathedra Ex Cathedra Choir and Orchestra Ex Cathedra Choir and Orchestra ex concesso Ex contractu Ex convict brother, victims husband got him fired Ex Coupon Ex Date Ex delicto Ex Distribution Date Ex Distribution Dates Ex diuturnitate temporis Ex Div Ex Div ex div. ex div. Ex dividend Ex dividend Ex dividend Ex dividend Ex dividend date Ex Dividend Dates Ex Dividend Share Ex Dividend Shares Ex Dividend Stock Ex Dividend Stocks Ex Dock Ex dolo malo Ex dolo malo non oritur action Ex facto jus oritur Ex factor

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