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

There is less of a Roman clique behind today's decisions in the Church, and more of a hard-working cardinalate.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Six Roman Catholic prelates learned last month that they were to be raised to the cardinalate.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Cardinal Ferdinand, who succeeded him and renounced the cardinalate, was incomparably the best of the house–a man of magnanimous character and an enlightened ruler.

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.