College of Cardinals
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- noun
- Formal
:
Cónclave de Cardenales
- The College of Cardinals convened to discuss important matters regarding the church's future.
- dean of the College of Cardinals
- College of Cardinals elected
- member of the College of Cardinals
Examples
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With new appointments, the College of Cardinals now consists of 194 members, many of whom can vote.
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Not until the smoke is white... ...will the College of Cardinals have chosen a new Holy Father.
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Even in the College of Cardinals, more than a fifth of its members are Italian.
Blog text (32) -
I've been summoned by the College of Cardinals.
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Even his enemies conceded that Peter Pierleone was elected by a majority of the College of Cardinals.
Fiction book (1998) -
The College of Cardinals have elected the first non-Italian pope... ...since Adrian VI... ...400 years ago.
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At the end of the mourning period, the College of Cardinals... ...will lock itself behind the doors of the Sistine Chapel for conclave... ...the process by which they will choose a new leader... ...for the world's one billion Catholics... ...who now find their Church at a crossroads... ...its ancient traditions threatened by a modern world.
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The College of Cardinals is responsible for electing the next pope after his passing.
Synonyms
A group of senior Catholic church leaders who elect and advise the pope
A group of cardinals in the Catholic Church who elect and advise the Pope
A group of senior Roman Catholic leaders who advise and choose the pope
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is largely compositional: a learner who knows 'college' as an organized body or assembly and 'cardinals' as senior church officials will infer it denotes the group/assembly of cardinals. However, the specific institutional role (the formal body that elects and advises the pope) is a cultural/institutional detail not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
College of Cardinals comes from the older use of college meaning a group with the same job and cardinals meaning the top church leaders. This literal group meets to choose and give advice to the pope, so the name refers to the body that 'elects' and 'advises' the pope.