Etymology

cardinalist

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Today it means: A partisan of cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin in 17th century France (as opposed to a royalist). Full definition →

English cardinal ← Middle French cardina ← Latin cardinālis
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The story

  1. Latincardinālis
  2. Middle Frenchcardina
  3. Englishcardinal
  4. English todaycardinalist

From cardinal + -ist.

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