uncardinal

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ cardinal.

Verb

uncardinal (third-person singular simple present uncardinals, present participle uncardinaling or uncardinalling, simple past and past participle uncardinaled or uncardinalled)

1. (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.