Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The position, rank, dignity, or term of a cardinal.
- noun The College of Cardinals.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office, rank, dignity, or incumbency of a cardinal. Also
cardinalship . - To make a cardinal of; raise to the office of cardinal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
dignity and ecclestiastic office ofRoman Catholic cardinal . - noun Collective term for the cardinals.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cardinals collectively
Etymologies
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Capelo a pelo could mean that as a result of the church construction somebody received a cardinalate from the Pope.
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Capelo a pelo could mean that as a result of the church construction somebody received a cardinalate from the Pope.
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Capelo a pelo could mean that as a result of the church construction somebody received a cardinalate from the Pope.
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Certain offices lead to it, and are known as cardinalate offices.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various
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Other than the papal throne, the cardinalate is the highest position in the Catholic Church; it is this group of 120 men younger than 80 that elects a new pope.
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Other than the papal throne, the cardinalate is the highest position in the Catholic Church; it is this group of 120 men younger than 80 that elects a new pope.
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"A cardinal is an adviser to the pope, and the cardinalate brings with it a certain degree of gravitas to the role of archbishop of New York," said Phyllis Zagano, a senior research associate at Hofstra University specializing in Catholic studies.
'Humbled' Dolan Is Named Cardinal Sophia Hollander 2012
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He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI.
Prefect of the CDW: "The future of humanity is in the liturgy" 2009
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• Finally, the church should be sober but never dull, so there is rejoicing at the forthcoming elevation of archbishop Timothy Dolan to the cardinalate on Saturday.
Hugh Muir's diary 2012
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Jewry takes the clucking appeasement of the Catholic cardinalate as indicative of our submission, it is mistaken.
Menachem Rosensaft: The Nazi War Criminal and Jesus: Patrick Buchanan's Obscene Comparison 2009
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