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What (who) is Cardinal - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Cardinals; Cardinal (disambiguation); Cardinal (album)
Cardinal
·adj Mulled red wine.
II. Cardinal ·adj A woman's short cloak with a hood.
III. Cardinal ·adj Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.
IV. Cardinal ·adj One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
cardinal
¦ noun
1. a leading dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church, nominated by and having the power to elect the Pope.
2. a deep scarlet colour like that of a cardinal's cassock.
3. an American songbird of which the male is partly or mostly red and which typically has a crest. [Cardinalis cardinalis and other species, subfamily Cardinalinae.]
¦ adjective of the greatest importance; fundamental: two cardinal points must be borne in mind.
Derivatives
cardinalate noun
cardinally adverb
cardinalship noun
Origin
OE, from L. cardinalis, from cardo, cardin- 'hinge'; sense 1 has arisen from the function of such priests as 'pivots' of church life.
cardinal
(cardinals)
1.
A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
In 1448, Nicholas was appointed a cardinal...
They were encouraged by a promise from Cardinal Winning.
N-COUNT; N-TITLE
2.
A cardinal rule or quality is the one that is considered to be the most important. (FORMAL)
As a salesman, your cardinal rule is to do everything you can to satisfy a customer...
= chief, principal
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
A cardinal is a common North American bird. The male has bright red feathers.
N-COUNT
Examples of use of Cardinal
1. In attendance were dozens of church leaders, including Cardinal Joachim Meisner of Cologne, Germany, Cardinal Adam Maida of Detroit and Cardinal Bernard Law, the former archbishop of Boston.
2. "A cardinal is supposed to be a martyr [to the faith]," Cardinal Zen said.
3. "Then you must return to your native land (Germany) and in your place an Italian cardinal can be elected Pope, possibly (cardinal Dionigi) Tettamanzi or (cardinal Tarcisio) Bertone.
4. "Eli Calil was known as the cardinal –– the cardinal –– which I think says it all," Mann told the court.
5. Cardinal Roger Mahony, the Archbishop of Los Angeles, and Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the Archbishop of Washington, have recently visited China.