incathedration
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
the act of incathedrating
Example Sentences
- "In Benedict IX’s Bull of November 1037, a distinction is drawn between the practice of “enthronement” and “ incathedration”, implicitly attesting to the use of the “Cathedra” by the Roman Pontiffs."
- "One of the rituals, the “incathedration,” required the Pope to sit down on it three times, probably in memory of the three main chairs connected with Peter’s name: Antioch, Alexandria, and Rome"
- "Orpheus rivaled Hermes as a prolific writer. Among his writings was one dealing particularly with various mystic rites. One was called The Enthronings of the Great Mother, which seems to refer to a rite known as Incathedration. During this ceremony the adepts enthroned the candidate and circled round him/ her in a ceremonial dance symbolic of the influence of the oversoul toward the spiritual progression of the neophyte."
Etymology
From incathedrate + -ation.
Inflected Forms
incathedrations (plural)