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

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

He celebrated the silver jubilee of his elevation, at the hands of Pius X, to the cardinalate.

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

The pope heaped attentions upon Rospigliosi and Spada, conferred upon them the insignia of the cardinalate, and induced them to arrange their affairs and take up their residence at Rome.

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas père, Alexandre