Having a cathedra or cathedral seat; invested with cathedral authority or ecclesiastical rank; furnished with or relating to a cathedra.
Cathedra plus the past participle suffix -ated, creating an adjective indicating possession or endowment with cathedra status. This technical term appears primarily in ecclesiastical and academic discourse.
A bishop is 'cathedrated' when they're officially given their cathedral—it's the physical seat that gives them their spiritual and political authority.
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