Cardinal
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In ecclesiastical law
The title given to one of the highest dignitaries of the court of Rome. Cardinals are next to the pope in dignity, and he is elected by them. There are cardinal bishops, cardinal priests, and cardinal deacons. See Fleury, Hist. Eccles. liv.
25, note 17; note 19; Thomassin, pt. 2, liv. 1, c. 53; Id. pt. 4, liv. 1, cc. 79, 80; Loiseau, Traite des Ordres, c. 3, note 31; Andre, Droit Canon.