| 单词 | cardinal-making |
| 释义 | > as lemmascardinal-making cardinal-making n. rare the action of making a person a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church; the appointment of cardinals. ΚΠ a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 14 This custome of Cardinal-making. 1876 T. A. Trollope Papal Conclaves i. ii. 18 Alexander VI..drove a very lucrative trade in cardinal-making. 2020 M. Hollingswirth et al. Compan. to Early Mod. Cardinal xiii. 224 The worst instance of cardinal-making was experienced by Mazarin.., when one of his principal enemies, coadjutor-archbishop Gondi of Paris, successfully obtained a red hat. < as lemmas |
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