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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

It is estimated that this cardinalate cost France about eight million francs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various