chaire
French → English
(academia) Professorship: a senior academic position or department in a university dedicated to a specific subject.
La création d'une nouvelle chaire de mathématiques a attiré des chercheurs du monde entier.
(English) The creation of a new professorship in mathematics attracted researchers from all over the world.
Il est titulaire de la chaire d'histoire médiévale à la Sorbonne depuis plus de dix ans.
(English) He has held the chair of medieval history at the Sorbonne for over ten years.
(religion) Pulpit: a raised platform in a church from which a priest delivers a sermon to the congregation.
Le curé est monté en chaire pour prononcer son sermon lors de la messe du dimanche des Rameaux.
(English) The priest went up to the pulpit to deliver his sermon during the Palm Sunday mass.
Cette chaire baroque sculptée en bois de chêne est classée monument historique par l'État.
(English) This baroque pulpit carved in oak wood is classified as a historical monument by the state.
Entry ID: fr:en:chaire · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary