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

Hinge :: Hinge (n.) That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned..

Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope..

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

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

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..

East :: East (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise 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 which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west..

Pillar :: Pillar (n.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church..

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..

Cardinal :: Cardinal (a.) Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.

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

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.

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..

Wind :: Wind (n.) A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds..

Tonsure :: Tonsure (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders..

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

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

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..

Protector :: Protector (n.) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc..

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

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