trans. To raise to the rank of cardinal.
1577. Holinshed, Chron., III. 1167/1. Polydor … affirmeth him to be cardinalited by Pope Nicholas 5.
1620. Bp. Hall, Hon. Mar. Clergie, I. xxi. 115. But what though it were granted that Panormitan was Cardinalated by an intruding Pope?
