Sacred College

British  

noun

1. the collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church

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Example Sentences

"Beyond those already listed," said John, "we have nominated as members of the Sacred College three other illustrious personages whose names we reserve to ourselves in pectore."

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For the first time in four centuries the Sacred College of Cardinals had been specially summoned to discuss church affairs.

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Working against a quick decision is the fact that the Sacred College of Cardinals has never been so large nor so diverse.

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Thanks to Pius XII's indifference to Vatican administrative detail, the Sacred College was then sadly depleted; so many cardinals were near death's door that the choice easily narrowed to a handful of prospects.

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At Night the Pope and the Sacred College assisted at the Miserere, which was sung in the great Chapel with Instrumental Music.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von