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a) A cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who is bishop of one of the cardinal ("hinge") dioceses of the Province of Rome.b) More loosely, a cardinal who is a bishop anywhere.
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cardinal bishop — noun Etymology: translation of Medieval Latin episcopus cardinalis : a member of the first order of cardinals holding until 1932 one of the suburbicarian sees of Rome * * * cardinal bishop, a member of the highest order of cardinal in the Sacred… … Useful english dictionary
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