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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An advocate or adherent of the system of the college of cardinals.
  • noun A follower of Cardinal Antoine Perrenot, prime minister to Margaret of Parma in the sixteenth century.

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  • noun In 17th century France, a partisan of cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin, as opposed to a royalist.

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