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cardinalate

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Synonyms: cardinality, cardinalize, cardinalates, cardinale, carinulate

Antonyms: cardinality, cardinalize, cardinalates, cardinale, carinulate

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Noun

  1. The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal.
    • The cardinalate ranks equal to a secular prince of the blood.
  2. The Roman Catholic cardinals, taken collectively.
    • The cardinalate under a maximum age composes the conclave which elects the pope.

Verb

  1. To raise to the rank of cardinal.

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