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Meanings of academic chair in English

Russian
кафедра
Portuguese
cátedra
Spanish
catedra
Catalan
càtedra

Named and usually endowed university professorship.

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        кафедра
        Usage of academic chair in English
        1
        A magic resideth even in his academic chair.
        Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
        2
        Shall the pulpit, the academic chair, the high court of the finer literature, alone be dumb?
        The Friendships of Women
        3
        To all those belauded sages of the academic chairs, wisdom was sleep without dreams: they knew no higher significance of life.
        Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
        4
        During her time at Oxford, she occasionally ruffled the feathers of her fellow dons, especially when it came to appointing academic chairs.
        The Irish Times
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        Translations for academic chair
        Portuguese
        cátedra
        Catalan
        càtedra