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

Ten years later Archbishop Denis J. Dougherty of Philadelphia was elevated to the cardinalate.

From Time Magazine Archive

If Shehan's elevation to the cardinalate was unexpected�there were Vatican observers who thought Philadelphia's energetic Archbishop John Krol a more plausible candidate�other appointments were not.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was transferred to the see of Paris in 1671, he was nominated by the king for the cardinalate in 1690, and the domain of St Cloud was erected into a duchy in his favour.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various