"raise to the purple" meaning in English

See raise to the purple in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: raises to the purple [present, singular, third-person], raising to the purple [participle, present], raised to the purple [participle, past], raised to the purple [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} raise to the purple (third-person singular simple present raises to the purple, present participle raising to the purple, simple past and past participle raised to the purple)
  1. (idiomatic, figurative) To be elevated to a very high rank.
    (Christianity, figurative) To become a cardinal.
    Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-raise_to_the_purple-en-verb-g0e6KMLy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Topics: Christianity
  2. (idiomatic, figurative) To be elevated to a very high rank.
    (Christianity, figurative) To become a monarch.
    Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-raise_to_the_purple-en-verb-Mtl90f24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: born in the purple, born to the purple, rise to the purple, take the purple, the purple (english: imperial power, sense 4) Coordinate_terms: raise to the ermine

Inflected forms

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