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cardinalhood

cardinalhood noun: the status, condition, or jurisdiction of a cardinal.

Noun

cardinalhood (uncountable)

  1. The status, condition, or jurisdiction of a cardinal.
    • In early modern Rome the office of governor was part of the criminal and civil justice system and often served as stop on the path to cardinalhood.2023, Bonnie Gordon, Voice Machines, page 238

Origin of cardinalhood

From cardinal + -hood.

Questions about cardinalhood

What does cardinalhood mean?
Cardinalhood means the status, condition, or jurisdiction of a cardinal.
What part of speech is cardinalhood?
Cardinalhood is a noun.

Words near cardinalhood in the dictionary

  1. cardinalates
  2. Cardinale
  3. Cardinales
  4. cardinalfish
  5. cardinalfishes
  6. cardinalhood
  7. cardinalic
  8. cardinalid
  9. cardinalids
  10. cardinalin
  11. cardinalins

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