cardinalate

How to use cardinalate in a sentence

• After his elevation to the cardinalate the prince gave orders for his suitable conveyance to the Papal Court.

  Saint Bonaventure | Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M.

• He wore the scarlet robe, the extraordinary hat, the immensely thick gold ring of the cardinalate, in a railway carriage.

  Ireland as It Is | Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

• No sooner was the terrible reply of Henry to his promotion to the cardinalate made known than the conclave was instantly summoned.

  History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. | James Anthony Froude

• But though he seemed upon the point of touching the highest ecclesiastical dignity, La Casa was never promoted to the cardinalate.

  Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature | John Addington Symonds

• His relations with Giulia were a good deal altered by the cardinalate.

  The Duchess of Trajetto | Anne Manning