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
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
He celebrated the silver jubilee of his elevation, at the hands of Pius X, to the cardinalate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cardinal Tencin, he says, and Lord and Lady Lismore, have been bribed by England to wheedle Henry into the cardinalate, ‘which England desires more than anything in the world.’
From Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles by Andrew Lang
