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cardinalate

NOUN
  1. the office of cardinal
    following the scandal, the cardinal resigned his cardinalate
  2. (Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the pope

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  • following the scandal, the cardinal resigned his cardinalate
  • • Finally, the church should be sober but never dull, so there is rejoicing at the forthcoming elevation of archbishop Timothy Dolan to the cardinalate on Saturday. Hugh Muir's diary
  • He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. Prefect of the CDW: "The future of humanity is in the liturgy"
  • O, the Pope could dispense with his Cardinalate, and his achage, and his breakage, if that were all: will you not follow the procession? Queen Mary and Harold
  • Certain offices lead to it, and are known as cardinalate offices. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864
  • Jewry takes the clucking appeasement of the Catholic cardinalate as indicative of our submission, it is mistaken. Menachem Rosensaft: The Nazi War Criminal and Jesus: Patrick Buchanan's Obscene Comparison
  • Other than the papal throne, the cardinalate is the highest position in the Catholic Church; it is this group of 120 men younger than 80 that elects a new pope. The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines
  • From 1523 until his elevation to the cardinalate in 1528, Marino lived in Venice, where he could manage the affairs of the patriarchate of Aquileia.
  • A cardinal is an adviser to the pope, and the cardinalate brings with it a certain degree of gravitas to the role of archbishop of New York," said Phyllis Zagano, a senior research associate at Hofstra University specializing in Catholic studies. 'Humbled' Dolan Is Named Cardinal
  • Moreover the office led to the cardinalate; the only "rise" that could be given to the assessor was his promotion to the Sacred College. The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris
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