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
Montini would become Archbishop of Milan, a post that traditionally carries with it a cardinalate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ten years later Archbishop Denis J. Dougherty of Philadelphia was elevated to the cardinalate.
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 wore the scarlet robe, the extraordinary hat, the immensely thick gold ring of the cardinalate, in a railway carriage.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
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