uncardinal
English
Etymology
Verb
uncardinal (third-person singular simple present uncardinals, present participle (US) uncardinaling or (UK) uncardinalling, simple past and past participle (US) uncardinaled or (UK) uncardinalled)
- (rare) To remove from the cardinalship; to remove from the position of cardinal.
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC:
- he quickly got a dispensation to uncardinal himself
References
- “uncardinal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.