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Cardinalate

//ˈkɑː(ɹ)dɪnələt// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal.

    "The cardinalate ranks equal to a secular prince of the blood."

  2. 2
    the office of cardinal wordnet
  3. 3
    The Roman Catholic cardinals, taken collectively.

    "The cardinalate under a maximum age composes the conclave which elects the pope."

  4. 4
    (Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the pope wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To raise to the rank of cardinal. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin cardinālātus, from cardinālis (“cardinal”) + -ātus, itself the noun use of an adjective derived from cardō (“hinge, main point”) + -ālis (“-al”). By surface analysis, cardinal + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

Etymology 2

First attested in 1587; from cardinal + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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