"cardinalate" meaning in English

See cardinalate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)dɪnələt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cardinalate.wav Forms: cardinalates [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin cardinālātus, from cardinālis (“cardinal”) + -ātus, itself the noun use of an adjective derived from cardō (“hinge, main point”) + -ālis (“-al”). By surface analysis, cardinal + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la-ecc|cardinālātus}} Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin cardinālātus, {{surf|en|cardinal#Noun|-ate|id2=rank or office|pos2=forms nouns denoting rank or office}} By surface analysis, cardinal + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cardinalate (plural cardinalates)
  1. The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal. Synonyms: cardinalship
    Sense id: en-cardinalate-en-noun-Q7Kjnyf1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office), English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Maori translations, Offices Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 53 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office): 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 41 47 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 53 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Offices: 60 23 17
  2. The Roman Catholic cardinals, taken collectively. Translations (collective term for the cardinals): kardinalaat [neuter] (Dutch), ngā katinara (Maori) Translations (the dignity and ecclestiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal): 樞機主教之職 /枢机主教之职 (shūjī zhǔjiào zhī zhí) (Chinese Mandarin), kardinaalschap [neuter] (Dutch), kardinalaat [neuter] (Dutch), cardinalat [masculine] (French), Kardinalat [neuter] (German), cairdinéalacht [feminine] (Irish), cardinalato [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-cardinalate-en-noun-Dn13XR0v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office), English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Roman Catholicism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 53 4 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 37 56 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (rank or office): 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 41 47 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 53 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 54 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Roman Catholicism: 41 59 0 Disambiguation of 'collective term for the cardinals': 34 66 Disambiguation of 'the dignity and ecclestiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: cardinalates [present, singular, third-person], cardinalating [participle, present], cardinalated [participle, past], cardinalated [past]
Etymology: First attested in 1587; from cardinal + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{etydate|1587}} First attested in 1587, {{af|en|cardinal#Noun|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} cardinal + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cardinalate (third-person singular simple present cardinalates, present participle cardinalating, simple past and past participle cardinalated), {{tlb|en|obsolete}} (obsolete)
  1. To raise to the rank of cardinal. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-cardinalate-en-verb-IiWNwOJy Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ate (verb) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 41 47 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "cardinalate (third-person singular simple present cardinalates, present participle cardinalating, simple past and past participle cardinalated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "obsolete"
      },
      "expansion": "(obsolete)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To raise to the rank of cardinal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ],
        [
          "cardinal",
          "cardinal#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cardinalate"
}

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