CARDINAL
\kˈɑːdɪnə͡l], \kˈɑːdɪnəl], \k_ˈɑː_d_ɪ_n_əl]\
Definitions of CARDINAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(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
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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"
By Princeton University
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(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
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.
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One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
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A woman's short cloak with a hood.
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Mulled red wine.
By Oddity Software
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Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.
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One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
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A woman's short cloak with a hood.
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Mulled red wine.
By Noah Webster.
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Chief; important; of a rich red color; necessary; as, justice is one of the cardinal virtues.
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A high official in the Roman Catholic Church, appointed by the Pope; a cardinal-bird; a rich red color.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Denoting that on which a thing hinges or depends: principal.
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A dignitary in the R. C. Church next to the pope.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Of prime importance; chief.
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Of a rich red color; vermilion.
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One of the princes of the Roman Catholic Church.
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The American red bird, a red crested finch. cardinalbird.
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A bright and rich red color.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Chief; principal; pre-eminent, or fundamental.
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A dignitary of the Roman Church, next in rank to the Pope; a woman's short cloak: mulled red wine. Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, &c., in distinction from first, second, third, &c., which are ordinal numbers. Cardinal points, the four points of the compass. Cardinal signs, Aries, Libra, Cancer, and Capricorn, or the two equinoxes and two solstices. Cardinal virtues, with the ancients. Prudence, Temperance, Justice, and Fortitude.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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