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Type Words
Synonyms cardinal grosbeak, cardinalis cardinalis, redbird, richmondena cardinalis
Type of finch
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Synonyms cardinal number
Type of number
Has types googolplex, googol, frequency, absolute frequency
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Synonyms carmine
Type of red, redness
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Synonyms central, fundamental, key, primal


a cardinal rule.
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cardinal numbers.
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Type of bishop
Has types dean
Derivation cardinalship

Examples of cardinal

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Complacency would be Ireland's cardinal sin here but I can't see that happening.
From the guardian.co.uk
O'Malley, now a cardinal and Boston's archbishop, is a legend in Mount Pleasant.
From the boston.com
Cardinal players will strap on the gear and begin practicing in earnest Nov. 30.
From the chron.com
He was named archbishop here in 2004 and elevated to cardinal three years later.
From the chron.com
Cardinal Edward Egan, 77, is retiring as New York's archbishop after nine years.
From the thestate.com
Cardinal Edward Egan, 76, is retiring after nine years as the city's archbishop.
From the stltoday.com
Cardinal Ritter athletics director Willie Ash did not respond to phone messages.
From the stltoday.com
Joe Foust is memorable as both a Roman Catholic cardinal and homicidal prisoner.
From the suntimes.com
Cardinal Dziwisz reported this conversation long before Benedict XVI's decision.
From the economist.com
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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
  • 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"
  • Cardinal number: the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
  • Being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"
  • A variable color averaging a vivid red
  • Crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
  • Cardinal is the sole album from the Eric Matthews and Richard Davies collaboration Cardinal.
  • Cardinal is a brewery founded in 1788 by Franu00E7ois Piller, located in Fribourg, Switzerland. The brewery was acquired by Feldschlu00F6sschen in 1991.
  • The Cardinals or Cardinalidae are a family of passerine birds found in North and South America. The South American cardinals in the genus Paroaria are placed in another family, the Thraupidae (previously placed in Emberizidae).