cardinalate

English

Etymology

From Latin cardinalatus, from cardinalis (“cardinal”), itself the noun use of the adjective derived from cardo (“hinge, main point”) + -alis (“-al”).

Noun

cardinalate (plural cardinalates)

1. The dignity and ecclestiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal.

   The cardinalate ranks equal to a secular prince of the blood

2. Collective term for the cardinals.

   The cardinalate under a maximum age composes the conclave which elects the pope

Synonyms

• (office): cardinalship

Translations

the dignity and ecclestiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal

• Dutch: kardinaalschap (nl) n

collective term for the cardinals