incardinate

American  

[in-kahr-dn-eyt] / ɪnˈkɑr dnˌeɪt /

verb (used with object)

incardinated, incardinating

1. to institute as a cardinal.

2. to institute as chief presbyter or priest in a particular church or place.

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incardinate British  

/ ɪnˈkɑːdɪˌneɪt /

verb

1. (tr) RC Church to transfer (a cleric) to the jurisdiction of a new bishop

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Other Word Forms

• incardination noun

Etymology

Origin of incardinate

First recorded in 1600–10; from Medieval Latin incardinātus, past participle of incardināre “to appoint, to make a cardinal,” equivalent to in “in” + cardin- (stem of cardō “hinge”) + -ātus past participle suffix; see in- ² ( def. ), cardinal, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

We took him for a     coward, but he's the very devil incardinate.

From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by Shakespeare, William

The count's gentleman, one Cesario; we took him for a coward, but he 's the very devil incardinate.

From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William

Again, he would change the word incarnadine to incarnate on the ground that Twelfth Night V offers a similar instance of the corrupt use of incardinate for incarnate.

From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Ruud, Martin Brown

The count's gentleman, one Cesario: We took him for a coward, but he's the very devil incardinate.

From Twelfth Night or, What You Will by Kemble, J P

The Count's gentleman, one Cesario: we took him for a coward, but he's the very devil incardinate.

From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William