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    COLLEGE OF CARDINALS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    (Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the popeplay

    Synonyms:

    cardinalate; College of Cardinals; Sacred College; Sacred College of Cardinals

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("College of Cardinals" is a kind of...):

    body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)

    Meronyms (members of "College of Cardinals"):

    cardinal ((Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes)

    Domain category:

    Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

    Holonyms ("College of Cardinals" is a part of...):

    Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

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