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college of cardinals

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
col-lege of -car-di-nals
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church.

Etymology

Calque of Latin Collēgium Cardinālium.

Inflected Forms

the College of Cardinals (canonical)

Frequently Paired Words

camerlengo consistory

Synonyms

sacred college cardinalate sacred college of cardinals

Questions

What does college of cardinals mean?
The body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church.
Where does college of cardinals come from?
Calque of Latin Collēgium Cardinālium.

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