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
Six Roman Catholic prelates learned last month that they were to be raised to the cardinalate.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
There is less of a Roman clique behind today's decisions in the Church, and more of a hard-working cardinalate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rome having now no further attraction for me I returned to Lombardy, leaving the Marchesa, who still awaited her son's cardinalate, in the security of a peace which at that time promised to be lasting.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
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