incardinate

[in-kahr-dn-eyt]

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verb (used with object)

incardinated, incardinating

to institute as a cardinal.
to institute as chief presbyter or priest in a particular church or place.

incardinate

/ ɪ��ˈ��ɑː��ɪˌ�Ա�ɪ�� /

verb

(tr) RC Church to transfer (a cleric) to the jurisdiction of a new bishop

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Other Word Forms

incardination noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of incardinate¹

First recorded in 1600–10; from Medieval Latin ��Գ��徱��ٳܲ�, past participle of ��Գ��徱�� “to appoint, to make a cardinal,” equivalent to in “in” + cardin- (stem of ��ō “hinge”) + -��ٳܲ� past participle suffix; in- ² ( def. ), cardinal, -ate ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of incardinate¹

C17: from Late Latin ��Գ��徱��, from _in- ² + ��徱�� _cardinal

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Example Sentences

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The count's gentleman, one Cesario: We took him for a coward, but he's the very devil incardinate.

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Incardinate, in-kar′di-nāt, v.t. to attach as a cardinal part, as a priest to his church.—adj. a perversion of incarnate.

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Again, he would change the word incarnadine to incarnate on the ground that Twelfth Night V offers a similar instance of the corrupt use of incardinate for incarnate.

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The count's gentleman, one Cesario; we took him for a coward, but he 's the very devil incardinate.

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The Count's gentleman, one Cesario: we took him for a coward, but he's the very devil incardinate.

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incarceration incardination

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