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

Not diplomacy or administrative policy dictated the Pope's latest appointments, which bring the cardinalate to the unprecedented number of 68, two less than full strength.

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

The reforming spirit of the pope showed itself in the appointment of several men of the highest character to the cardinalate, among them Gaspar Contarini and Fisher, Bishop of Rochester.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved