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Compromise, Election by

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is one of the modes of electing the pope. When the cardinals fail to agree upon any one candidate, they sometimes refer the matter to a committee of their own number by way of compromise, binding themselves to nominate as pope the person on whom the arbiters shall fix. (See POPE).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Compromise, Election by'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/compromise-election-by.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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