cardinalate

n. 红衣主教之职

发音

其它 /ˈkɑː(ɹ)dɪnələt/

词形变化

cardinalates 复数 cardinalates cardinalates 三单 cardinalating 现在分词 cardinalated 过去式 cardinalated 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal.

    The cardinalate ranks equal to a secular prince of the blood.

  2. 2.

    The Roman Catholic cardinals, taken collectively.

    枢机主教之职

    The cardinalate under a maximum age composes the conclave which elects the pope.

v.
  1. 1.

    To raise to the rank of cardinal.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

cardinalship

上位词 7

place body office situation position post berth

部分词 1

cardinal

整体词 1

Roman Catholic

词源

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).

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