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incathedrated

incathedrated is the simple past and past participle of incathedrate.

Meaning of incathedrate

Verb

incathedrate (third-person singular simple present incathedrates, present participle incathedrating, simple past and past participle incathedrated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To officially invest into a position of authority.
    • "You,"—addressing himself to both gentlemen—"are in yourselves but fellow members of the same House with us, returned hither (as we also are) to sit on these benches with us, until by our election, and by common suffrage, you are incathedrated.1881, John Stoughton, History of Religion in England, page 156
  2. (obsolete, transitive) to episcopize, appoint as bishop
    • For (ſaid he) St. Peter the Apoſtle firſt of all for ſeven Years Space preſided over the Antiochean Church, and was there regarded with due Honour and Reverence, and illuſtriouſly incathedrated or placed in the Epiſcopal Chair.1735, Henry Care, The History of Popery, page 14

Questions about incathedrated

What is incathedrated the simple past and past participle of?
Incathedrated is the simple past and past participle of incathedrate.

Words near incathedrated in the dictionary

  1. incatenated
  2. incatenates
  3. incatenating
  4. incatenation
  5. incathedrate
  6. incathedrated
  7. incathedrates
  8. incathedrating
  9. incathedration
  10. incautelous
  11. incaution

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