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ˈcardinaˌlist Hist.
[see -ist. In F. cardinaliste, a partisan of Cardinal Richelieu or Mazarin.]
A partisan of cardinals or of a cardinal.
Applied esp. to the adherents of Cardinal Granvella during the Dutch revolt from the Spanish rule in the 16th c.
1650R. Stapylton Strada's Low-C. Warres iv. 81 The faction of the Cardinalists. 1855Motley Dutch Rep. I. 390 They stigmatized all who refused to enter into their league as cardinalists. |