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▪ I. cardinalate, n.|ˈkɑːdɪnəleɪt|
[a. F. cardinalat (It. cardinalato), ad. med.L. cardinālātus; see -ate1.]
The office or dignity of a cardinal; the rank of a cardinal church.
1645Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 170 Bearing also the title of a Cardinalate. 1716Pope Let. to Swift 20 June, I have not the least hopes of the Cardinalat. 1839James Louis XIV, II. 105 The refusal..to nominate De Retz to the Cardinalate.
▪ II. † ˈcardinalate, v. Obs.
Also 6 -ite.
[f. cardinal n. + -ate3.]
trans. To raise to the rank of cardinal.
1577Holinshed Chron. III. 1167/1 Polydor..affirmeth him to be cardinalited by Pope Nicholas 5. 1620Bp. Hall Hon. Mar. Clergie i. xxi. (1628) 763 Panormitan was cardinalated by an intruding Pope. |