hồng y

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From hồng y chủ giáo, Sino-Vietnamese word from 紅衣主教 (red-clothed bishop), from 紅衣红衣 (hóngyī) + 主教 (zhǔjiào).

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Noun

hồng y (紅衣)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) cardinal (official of the Catholic Church)

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