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CARDINALSHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardinalship mean? 

CARDINALSHIP (noun)
  The noun CARDINALSHIP has 1 sense:

1. the office of cardinalplay

  Familiarity information: CARDINALSHIP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARDINALSHIP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The office of cardinal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cardinalate; cardinalship

Context example:

following the scandal, the cardinal resigned his cardinalate

Hypernyms ("cardinalship" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Derivation:

cardinal ((Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes)


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