First Known Use: 1897
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incardination
noun in·car·di·na·tion \(ˌ)in-ˌkär-dən-ˈā-shən\
Definition of INCARDINATION
: the formal acceptance by a diocese of a clergyman from another diocese
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Origin of INCARDINATION
Late Latin incardination-, incardinatio, from incardinare to ordain as chief priest, from Latin in- 2in- + Late Latin cardinalis principal — more at cardinal
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