cardinalate

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In 1917, the Holy See changed canon law, restricting the cardinalate to the ordained.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2018

As Archbishop of Westminster, England's primatial Catholic see, John Carmel Heenan had a right to expect a cardinalate; so did Archbishop William Conway of Armagh, the Primate of All Ireland.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides the immense prestige which comes to a cardinal in his own country, there goes with a cardinalate the duty of participating in the election of a Pope.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not diplomacy or administrative policy dictated the Pope's latest appointments, which bring the cardinalate to the unprecedented number of 68, two less than full strength.

From Time Magazine Archive

But on the other hand among those whom he promoted to the cardinalate were such men as Baronius, Bellarmine and Toledo.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various