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/ˈkärd-nl/,/ˈkärdn-əl/,
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cardinals, plural;
  1. A leading dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinals are nominated by the pope and form the Sacred College, which elects succeeding popes (now invariably from among their own number)

  2. A deep scarlet color like that of a cardinal's cassock

  3. A New World songbird of the bunting family, with a stout bill and typically with a conspicuous crest. The male is partly or mostly red in color

  1. (cardinal) (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
  2. (cardinal) serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
  3. cardinal number: the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
  4. (cardinal) a variable color averaging a vivid red
  5. (cardinal) crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
  6. (Cardinal (beer)) Cardinal is a brewery founded in 1788 by François Piller, located in Fribourg, Switzerland.
  7. (Cardinal (Church of England)) The Minor Canons of St Paul's Cathedral, London, whose origins predate the Norman conquest of England, unusually were independent of the senior canons and, as priests, of higher status than the lay vicars choral. ...
  8. (Cardinal (church)) A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. ...
  9. (Cardinal (color)) Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals (although the color worn by cardinals is actually scarlet). The family of birds takes its name from the color.
  10. (Cardinal (comics)) Cardinal (also known as Harrier) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He is African American. Cardinal was created by Fabian Nicieza and Darick Robertson in New Warriors #28 (October 1992).
  11. (Cardinal (grape)) Cardinal is a table grape first produced in California in 1939.
  12. (Cardinal) Referring to the four main points of the compass: north, south, east and west. See also “bearing”.
  13. (cardinal) Latin cardinalis = principal, of primary importance.
  14. (cardinal) The signs of thequadruplicity: Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. Somes times called tropical.
  15. (cardinal) the clergy of Rome who became the immediate advisors of the pope (Latin cardo = hinge)
  16. (CARDINAL) (early 1700s) hooded cloak of scarlet cloth, resembling the mozetta worn by cardinals.
  17. (CARDINAL) Table/winegrape variety derived from a cross between the Flame Tokay and Ribier (Noir) varieties. (No other details as yet).
  18. (Cardinal (Football)) Greed, sloth, gluttony and disliking pun tests are all considered Cardinal sins.
  19. (Cardinal) A class of clerics in the Catholic Church who are attached to the Vatican. They may be priests or bishops. Many function as part of the higher eschelons of the Vatican staff, or they may be bishops serving regions out in the world. ...
  20. (Cardinal) A small group of Bishops who elect a Pope and act as his advisors.
  21. (Cardinal) In the Roman Catholic faith, a dignity conferred upon Bishops making them Princes of the Church.
  22. (Cardinal) It is unlucky to dream you see a cardinal in his robes. You will meet such misfortunes as will necessitate your removal to distant or foreign lands to begin anew your ruined fortune. For a woman to dream this is a sign of her downfall through false promises. ...
  23. (Cardinal) John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, 22 June, 1535.
  24. (Cardinal) Member of the Pope's inner administration, usually a bishop.  Responsible for oversight of church's interests, either ecclesiastical or secular
  25. (Cardinal) One of the modalities for expressing elemental energies. The cardinal expression of an element is the initial or beginning phase of that element, its most straightforward or direct expression. ...