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
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
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
Montini would become Archbishop of Milan, a post that traditionally carries with it a cardinalate.
From Time Magazine Archive
About the middle of the century, the merits of the Inquisitor Nicholas Roselli earned him the cardinalate.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
