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cardinalates

cardinalates is the plural of cardinalate.

Meaning of cardinalate

Noun

cardinalate (plural cardinalates)

  1. The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal.
    • The cardinalate ranks equal to a secular prince of the blood.
    Synonyms:
    cardinalship
  2. The Roman Catholic cardinals, taken collectively.
    • The cardinalate under a maximum age composes the conclave which elects the pope.

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Questions about cardinalates

What is cardinalates the plural of?
Cardinalates is the plural of cardinalate.

Words near cardinalates in the dictionary

  1. cardinal vowel
  2. cardinal vowels
  3. cardinal-nephew
  4. cardinal-nephews
  5. cardinalate
  6. cardinalates
  7. Cardinale
  8. Cardinales
  9. cardinalfish
  10. cardinalfishes
  11. cardinalhood

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