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Definition of Cardinalate
1. Noun. Cardinals collectively.
Definition of Cardinalate
1. n. The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.
Definition of Cardinalate
1. Noun. The dignity and ecclestiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal. ¹
2. Noun. Collective term for the cardinals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cardinalate
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardinalate
Literary usage of Cardinalate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... legitimized by the subsequent marriage of the parents, or even by an Apostolic
dispensation, are forever excluded from the dignity of the cardinalate. ..."
2. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1902)
"It soon became known that Caesar intended to resign his cardinalate and to
marry.1 It would appear that in December Alexander had not yet given * In Feb. ..."
3. A History of Diplomacy in the International Development of Europe by David Jayne Hill (1914)
"But the Pope declined to bestow the cardinalate, and it soon became evident that
without the assent of Austria and Spain success was not to be expected. ..."
4. Lorenzo De' Medici and Florence in the Fifteenth Century by E[dward] Armstrong (1896)
"Lorenzo's character and home life—The cardinalate of Giovanni— Lorenzo's relation to
... cardinalate ..."
5. The Beginnings of Modern Europe (1250-1450) by Ephraim Emerton (1917)
"a cardinalate at all, would restrict its powers as much as possible ; the latter
would even be inclined to enlarge its powers as a makeweight against the ..."
6. Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV. and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (1876)
"... the Young Pretender—cardinalate of Dubois—Illness of the King—His Convalescence—A
Wonderful Lesson—Prudence of the Regent—Insinuations against him. ..."
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