noun
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the rank, office, or term of office of a cardinal
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the cardinals collectively
Etymology
Origin of cardinalate
Example Sentences
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In 1917, the Holy See changed canon law, restricting the cardinalate to the ordained.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2018
Not diplomacy or administrative policy dictated the Pope's latest appointments, which bring the cardinalate to the unprecedented number of 68, two less than full strength.
From Time Magazine Archive
If Shehan's elevation to the cardinalate was unexpected�there were Vatican observers who thought Philadelphia's energetic Archbishop John Krol a more plausible candidate�other appointments were not.
From Time Magazine Archive
He celebrated the silver jubilee of his elevation, at the hands of Pius X, to the cardinalate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cervinus had been archbishop of Florence and was afterwards raised from the cardinalate to the pontificate under the title of Marcellus II.
From The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America by Murphy, Henry Cruse
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