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CARDINALATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The office of cardinal
Example:
following the scandal, the cardinal resigned his cardinalate
Synonyms:
cardinalate; cardinalship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cardinalate" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the pope
Synonyms:
cardinalate; College of Cardinals; Sacred College; Sacred College of Cardinals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("cardinalate" is a kind of...):
body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)
Meronyms (members of "cardinalate"):
cardinal ((Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes)
Domain category:
Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)
Holonyms ("cardinalate" is a part of...):
Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)
