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Cardinal

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Meaning

Adj

●
Of
;
, pivotal.
●
In Nautical:
Of or
to the
(north,
,
and west).
●
In Numbers:
Describing a "natural" number used to
(e.g;
, one, two, three),
an
position.
●
Having a
(from the
of a Catholic cardinal's cassock).

Noun

●
In Roman Catholicism, Colors, Numbers, People & Infinity:
One of the
by the
in the Roman Catholic Church,
only below the
and the
,
the
which
the
. (See Wikipedia
on Catholic cardinals.)
●
In Infinity:
Any of a
of
of the
family, Cardinalis.
●
In Cardinalids & Tanagers:
Any of various related
of the family Cardinalidae (See Wikipedia
on
) and other
that were once considered to be related.
●
In Colors:
A
, somewhat less
than
, the
of a Catholic
's
. (same as
)
●
In Mathematics, Numbers, Set theory & Infinity:
Short
for
cardinal
number,
a
number
indicating
quantity,
or
the
size
of
a
set
(e.g;
0,
1,
2,
3).
(See
Cardinal_number.)
●
In Grammar, Numbers & Infinity:
Short for
, a
used to
a
number.
●
Short for
(Lobelia
is), a
plant.
●
In Characins:
Short for
(Paracheirodon axelrodi), a
fish.
●
A woman's
with a
,
cloth.
●
Mulled
wine.
●
In Baseball:
A
on the St. Louis Cardinals team.
●
In Football (American):
A
on the Arizona Cardinals team.
●
A
or
on a
team at the University of Louisville.
●
A
on a
team at Stanford University.

Name

●
A
from French common among French Canadians as well as Cree and Métis
in Canada.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

cardinal
English
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cardinal
French
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cardinalis
Latin
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-alis
Latin
cardo
Latin
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carduus
Latin
cardo
Portuguese
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Etym

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