Part 1709

<hw>Ca*thar"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/. See <er>Cathartic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.</def>

<h1>Cathartic, Catharical</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw><hw>Ca*thar"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca*thar"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to cleanse, fr. <?/ pure; akin to F. <ets>chaste</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as <i>cathartic</i> acid.</def>

<h1>Cathartic</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Ca*thar"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>cathartics</i> are more energetic and certain in action that the <i>laxatives</i>, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the <i>drastic</i> purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations.</note>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ca*thar"tic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ca*thar"tic*al*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>cathartin</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>ca*thar"tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also <altname>cathartic acid</altname>, and <altname>cathartina</altname>.</def>

<h1>Cathay</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Ca*thay"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (<i>Khitai</i>, the country of the Khitans.)</def>

<blockquote>Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of <b>Cathay</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cathead</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Cat"head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.</def>

<h1>Cathedra</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Cath"e*dra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ seat. See <er>Chair</er>.]</ety> <def>The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority.</def>

<cs><col>Ex cathedra</col> <ety>[L., from the chair]</ety>, <cd>in the exercise of one's office; with authority.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>The Vatican Council declares that the Pope, is infallible "when he speaks <b>ex cathedra</b>." <i>Addis & Arnold's Cath. Dict.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cathedral</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Ca*the"dral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>cathedralis</ets> (sc. <ets>ecclesia</ets>): cf. F. <ets>cath\'82drale</ets>. See <er>Cathedra</er>.]</ety> <def>The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (<i>Cathedra</i>) or throne.</def>

<h1>Cathedral</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Ca*the"dral</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>cathedralis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cath\'82dral</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to the head church of a diocese; <as>as, a <ex>cathedral</ex> church; <ex>cathedral</ex> service.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative.</def>

<blockquote>Now, what solemnity can be more required for the pope to make a <b>cathedral</b> determination of an article! <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Resembling the aisles of a cathedral; <as>as, <ex>cathedral</ex> walks</as>.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>