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Incardinare

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

in the language of the Church of the Middle Ages, is the appointment of any strange bishop, presbyter, deacon, or a person of some other class of the priesthood, to this or that church, in which he was to perform services in part or exclusively, or even the appointment to one particular church. The election of a cardinal was also called incardinare, Fuhrmann, Handworterbuch d. Kirchengesch, 2, 435.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Incardinare'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​i/incardinare.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.