bishop's throne
121Synthrone — See Bishop s Throne …
122see — English has two words see. The older is the verb, ‘perceive visually’ [OE]. Like its Germanic cousins, German sehen, Dutch zien, and Swedish and Danish se, it goes back to a prehistoric *sekhwan, which was descended from an Indo European base… …
123Apse — A semi cylindrical niche covered by a semi dome (conch), located in church architecture at the end of a nave (q.v.). The apse belonged exclusively to the clergy, who sat on a synthronon, a semicircular stepped bench around the curved wall of… …
124Kathedra — The bishop s throne in a church, usually situated in the semicircular stepped bench (synthronon) reserved for the clergy along the curved wall of the church s apse …
125chair — noun 1》 a separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs. 2》 the person in charge of a meeting or an organization (used as a neutral alternative to chairman or chairwoman). ↘the role of a chairperson. 3》 a professorship. 4》 …
126tribune — I. /ˈtrɪbjun / (say tribyoohn) noun a person who upholds or defends popular rights. {Middle English, from Latin tribūnus an administrative officer in the ancient Roman republic} –tribuneship, noun II. /ˈtrɪbjun / (say tribyoohn) noun 1. a raised… …
127cathedral — ► NOUN ▪ the principal church of a diocese. ORIGIN from Greek kathedra seat (the full term was originally cathedral church, being a church containing the bishop s throne) …
128see — English has two words see. The older is the verb, ‘perceive visually’ [OE]. Like its Germanic cousins, German sehen, Dutch zien, and Swedish and Danish se, it goes back to a prehistoric *sekhwan, which was descended from an Indo European base… …
