CARDINALATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardinalate mean? 

• CARDINALATE (noun)
  The noun CARDINALATE has 2 senses:

1. (Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the pope

2. the office of cardinal

  Familiarity information: CARDINALATE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDINALATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the pope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

cardinalate; College of Cardinals; Sacred College; Sacred College of Cardinals

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

body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)

Meronyms (members of "cardinalate"):

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)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

Holonyms ("cardinalate" is a part of...):

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

Sense 2

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 ("cardinalate" is a kind of...):

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