cardinalate

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Noun

cardinalate (plural cardinalates)

1. The dignity and ecclesiastic 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

Synonyms

• (office) cardinalship

Translations

• French: cardinalat
• Italian: cardinalato

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