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

Ten years later Archbishop Denis J. Dougherty of Philadelphia was elevated to the cardinalate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then comes a public consistory, at which old and new cardinals mingle and the Pope presents the galero�the round, flat red hat which is the traditional symbol of the cardinalate.

From Time Magazine Archive

If Shehan's elevation to the cardinalate was unexpected�there were Vatican observers who thought Philadelphia's energetic Archbishop John Krol a more plausible candidate�other appointments were not.

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