college of cardinals

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noun college of cardinals the collective body of cardinals having the function of electing and advising the pope 3
noun college of cardinals the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as a privy council to the pope and electing his successor 3
noun college of cardinals the chief ecclesiastical body of the Roman Catholic Church, electing and advising the pope and comprising all of the cardinals of the church. 1

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holy office — a congregation founded in 1542 to succeed the suppressed Inquisition and entrusted with matters pertaining to faith and morals, as the judgment of heresy, the application of canonical punishment, and the examination of books and prohibition of those held dangerous to faith and morals.

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