Obs. [see -IST.] A supporter of the cathedral or episcopal system; one of the clergy of a cathedral.
1644. [H. Parker], Jus Populi, 12. We need not doubt … this … promissor, was some Cathedralist within orders, he does so shuffle Priests and Princes together.
1644. C. Jessop, Angel of Ephesus, 30. Our Cathedralists pretend the Church but meane the Bishops and themselves, and so the Church is made but a cloak-bag to carry the Diocesans titles of honour after him.
1661. Prynne, Exub. in Com. Prayer, 23. Sober, judicious Protestants, Prelates and Cathedralists.
