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car·di·nal·ate

 (kär′dn-ə-lĭt, -lāt′, kärd′nə-)
n. Roman Catholic Church
1. The position, rank, dignity, or term of a cardinal.
2. The College of Cardinals.
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cardinalate

(ˈkɑːdɪnəˌleɪt) or

cardinalship

n
1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the rank, office, or term of office of a cardinal
2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the cardinals collectively
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car•di•nal•ate

(ˈkɑr dn lˌeɪt)

n.
1. the body of cardinals.
2. the office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.
[1635–45]
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Cardinalate

 the state of being a cardinal, hence, cardinals collectively.
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Noun1.cardinalate - cardinals collectively
clergy - in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
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A Head of the Council of Ten predicted that the 26,000 ducats given at the time by the family to Clement VII to acquire a cardinalate for Francesco would contribute to the ransom that the pope paid to the Spanish, who in turn would use the funds to fight Venice.
During the ceremony, Papal ambassador in Syria Archbishop Mario Zenari was elevated to the cardinalate.
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After all, Cardinal Tagle's rise from bishop of Cavite to archbishop of Manila and thence to the cardinalate has been, by the Church's own glacial standards, quite meteoric.
(39) Pope Leo X re-established San Matteo's cardinalate in 1517 and appointed Fra Egidio da Viterbo, Prior General of the Augustinians 1517-1519, to the office.
It begins with a highly informative introduction by Hollingsworth and Richardson, who build on their own broad expertise to describe the nature of the Cardinalate and its duties, detailing ceremonial requirements, rules of dress, and all the problems brought on by the immense burden of maintaining a splendid household.