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Meanings of Sacred College in English

Portuguese
colégio dos cardeais

(Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes.

colégio dos cardeais
Usage of Sacred College in English
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Charles Taneo at their head, with the title of Captain of the Sacred College.
Celebrated Crimes (Complete)
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The Sacred College of Cardinals is more or less equivalent of a privy council.
The new yorker
3
The Sacred College of Cardinals is more or less equivalent to a Privy Council.
The new yorker
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Is he acting secretly and powerfully on the Sacred College?
The Wandering Jew — Volume 09
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We still hope," he added, "that the Sacred College may refuse the investiture.
The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
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The Sacred College cannot withstand the Pope's desires.
The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
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His old friends of the nobility and of the Sacred College often shake him by the hand.
The Roman Question
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I assume this same commitment with regard to the Sacred College of Cardinals whenever the See is vacant.
Dark mysteries of the vatican
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He need not be a member of the Sacred College, but for centuries no outsider has been elected.
The new yorker
10
All these congregations taken together are called the Sacred College of Cardinals, of which the whole number is seventy.
A Catechism of Christian Doctrine
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Here he lived under the patronage of Cardinal Otto-boni, one of the wealthiest and most liberal of the Sacred College.
The Great German Composers
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Unhappily, I am not the only one; you will find nobody here, of the Sacred College, who approves of his doings.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1
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To be sure, Don Ferdinando was sent off to Rome when he was fourteen, and was enrolled in the Sacred College.
The Tragedies of the Medici
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On the same day the young cardinal came before the Sacred College, assembled in Consistory, to crave permission to doff the purple.
The Life of Cesare Borgia
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For the leech had no cause to suspect that the whole of the Sacred College might have found the task beyond its powers.
The Tavern Knight
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The next day, at Giuliano's request, the Sacred College ordered the Orsini to leave Rome for the whole time occupied by the Conclave.
The Borgias / Celebrated Crimes
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