Sacred College
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I think the time has come," he said, "to fill the sad vacancies in the Sacred College.
From Time Magazine Archive
With measured tread, the Sacred College advances down the two long aisles in a swirl of scarlet and incense.
From Time Magazine Archive
Paul made the Sacred College in his own image, and he shunned the extremes.
From Time Magazine Archive
This symbolic ranking of cardinal-bishops, cardinal-priests and cardinal-deacons is still preserved in the Sacred College, although by canon law all Princes of the Church must be at least priests.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had boundless money, and money in the Sacred College was only not omnipotent.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.
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