cardinalate
/ˈkɑː(ɹ)dɪnələt/noun
cardinalate is spelled C-A-R-D-I-N-A-L-A-T-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cardinalate means “The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cardinalate is cardinalates.
How many letters and syllables are in cardinalate?
| Letters | 11: C-A-R-D-I-N-A-L-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cardinalate?
Cardinalate appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cardinalate?
- /ˈkɑː(ɹ)dɪnələt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cardinalate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cardinalate
- cardinalates plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- cardinalating participle, present
- cardinalated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cardinalate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal.
The cardinalate ranks equal to a secular prince of the blood.
- 2
The Roman Catholic cardinals, taken collectively.
The cardinalate under a maximum age composes the conclave which elects the pope.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo raise to the rank of cardinal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cardinalate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the dignity and ecclestiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cardinalat |
| German | Kardinalat |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cardinalate come from?
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin cardinālātus, from cardinālis (“cardinal”) + -ātus, itself the noun use of an adjective derived from cardō (“hinge, main point”) + -ālis (“-al”). By surface analysis, cardinal + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).