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Webster 1913 Edition


Cardinalate

Car′di-nal-ate

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
cardinalat
, LL.
cardinalatus
.]
The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cardinalate

CARDINALATE

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Definition 2024


cardinalate

cardinalate

English

Noun

cardinalate (plural cardinalates)

  1. The dignity and ecclestiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal.
    The cardinalate ranks equal to a secular prince of the blood
  2. Collective term for the cardinals.
    The cardinalate under a maximum age composes the conclave which elects the pope

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