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Meanings of college of cardinals in English

Portuguese
colégio dos cardeais

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

colégio dos cardeais
Russian
коллегия кардиналов
Portuguese
colégio dos cardeais
Spanish
sagrado colegio
Catalan
coŀlegi cardenalici

Body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church.

Related terms
коллегия кардиналов
Synonyms
Examples for "Sacred College"
Examples for "Sacred College"
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Charles Taneo at their head, with the title of Captain of the Sacred College.
Celebrated Crimes (Complete)
2
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
4
Is he acting secretly and powerfully on the Sacred College?
The Wandering Jew — Volume 09
5
We still hope," he added, "that the Sacred College may refuse the investiture.
The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
Usage of college of cardinals in English
1
He was equally careful in the appointments which he made to the college of cardinals.
History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the Frenc...
2
That was where the Holy Father received heads of state, and members of the college of cardinals.
A Case of Conscience
3
Italians completely dominated the college of cardinals, looking upon the control of the Church as a national prerogative.
England under the Tudors
4
He opened the college of cardinals to Roman Catholic reformers, even offering a seat in it to Erasmus.
Early European History
5
Not the Pope himself shall have these from me, though he sent the whole college of cardinals to ask it.
The White Company
6
The participants are there because the pope who gave them the 'red hat' chose them to join the college of cardinals.
The Guardian
7
The move follows criticism that the Vatican's college of cardinals, which elects the new pope, is too dominated by cardinals from Europe.
The Guardian
8
Gregory VII., in 1073, usurped this power, and fixed for ever in the college of cardinals the freedom and independence of election.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval Hi...
9
Men talk for hours with the faces of a college of cardinals about things like golf, or tobacco, or waistcoats, or party politics.
Heretics
10
The college of cardinals resembled a political and not a religious body, which, although the council of government, it ought to resemble upon religious occasions.
Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis to John S. Dwight; Brook Farm...
11
The College of Cardinals had reached no decision after three days' balloting.
Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship
12
Right from the start these guys weren't candidates for the College of Cardinals.
Deadly Décisions
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Such were the demands for internationalising the College of Cardinals.
The Irish Times
14
The Sacred College of Cardinals is more or less equivalent of a privy council.
The new yorker
15
The Sacred College of Cardinals is more or less equivalent to a Privy Council.
The new yorker
16
It's Anne's house and the place has enough beds to accommodate the College of Cardinals.
Break No Bones