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Camerlingo :: Camerlingo (n.) The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.

Ablegate :: Ablegate (n.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office..

Congregation :: Congregation (n.) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church..

Cardinalship :: Cardinalship (n.) The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal.

Conclavist :: Conclavist (n.) One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.

Berretta :: Berretta (n.) A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green..

Decardinalize :: Decardinalize (v. t.) To depose from the rank of cardinal.

Cardinalize :: Cardinalize (v. t.) To exalt to the office of a cardinal.

Purple :: Purple (n.) A cardinalate. See Cardinal.

Mazarine :: Mazarine (a.) Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661..

Cap :: Cap (n.) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal..

Cardinal :: Cardinal (a.) A woman's short cloak with a hood.

Conclave :: Conclave (n.) The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.

Uncardinal :: Uncardinal (v. t.) To degrade from the cardinalship.

Cardinal :: Cardinal (a.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college..

West :: West (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east..

South :: South (n.) That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.

Hinge :: Hinge (n.) One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south..

Cardinalate :: Cardinalate (n.) The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal..

Zuchetto :: Zuchetto (n.) A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black..

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