Assertion: congregation | /r/CapableOf | take their places
Facets:
value: almost
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: As time went on, the congregations of cardinals, which at first dealt exclusively with administrative matters, came to pass upon the legal points of the cases submitted to them, until the congregations overshadowed the ecclesiastical tribunals and even the Roman Rota, in fact almost taking their places.