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cardinal
(encz) | cardinal,hlavní adj: Jiří Šmoldas |
cardinal
(encz) | cardinal,kardinál n: Jiří Šmoldas |
cardinal
(encz) | cardinal,menstruace n: [slang.] MiCh |
cardinal
(encz) | cardinal,základní adj: Jiří Šmoldas |
Cardinal
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of
a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F.
cardinal.]
Of fundamental importance; pre["e]minent; superior; chief;
principal.
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The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. --Drayton.
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But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
--Shak.
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Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in
distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are
called ordinal numbers.
Cardinal points
(a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or
intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the
prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west.
(b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith
and nadir.
Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and
Capricorn.
Cardinal teeth (Zool.), the central teeth of bivalve shell.
See Bivalve.
Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos,
which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the
blood to the heart. They remain through life in some
fishes.
Cardinal virtues, pre["e]minent virtues; among the
ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.
Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points
due north, south, east, or west.
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Cardinal
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, n. [F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL.
cardinalis (ecclesi[ae] Roman[ae]). See Cardinal, a.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who
constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
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The clerics of the supreme Chair are called
Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to
the hinge by which all things are moved. --Pope Leo
IX.
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Note: The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time
of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy
(six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen
deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and
deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant
a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from
among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all
dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a
cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short
purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and
broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern
hanging from it.
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2. A woman's short cloak with a hood.
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Where's your cardinal! Make haste. --Lloyd.
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3. Mulled red wine. --Hotten.
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4. the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal.
[PJC]
Cardinal bird, or Cardinal grosbeak (Zool.), an American
song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or {Cardinalis
Virginianus}), of the family Fringillid[ae], or finches
of which the male has a bright red plumage, and both sexes
have a high, pointed crest on its head; -- it is also
called the northern cardinal or eastern cardinal. The
males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a
fife. Other related species are also called cardinal
birds.
Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant ({Lobelia
cardinalis}) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty.
Cardinal red, a color like that of a cardinal's cassock,
hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between
scarlet and crimson.
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cardinal
(wn) | cardinal
adj 1: 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" [syn: cardinal,
central, fundamental, key, primal]
2: being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order;
"cardinal numbers" [ant: ordinal]
n 1: (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: the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a
quantity but not the order [syn: cardinal number,
cardinal]
3: a variable color averaging a vivid red [syn: cardinal,
carmine]
4: crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red
plumage in the male [syn: cardinal, cardinal grosbeak,
Richmondena Cardinalis, Cardinalis cardinalis, redbird] |
CARDINAL
(bouvier) | CARDINAL, eccl. law. The title given to one of the highest dignitaries of
the court of Rome. Cardinals are next to the pope in dignity; he is elected
by them and out of their body. There are cardinal bishops, cardinal priests,
and cardinal deacons. See Fleury, Hist. Eccles. liv. xxxv. n. 17, II. n. 19
Thomassin, part ii. liv. i. oh. 53, part iv. liv. i. c. 79, 80 Loiseau,
Traite des Ordres, c. 3, n. 31; Andre, Droit Canon, au mot.
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cardinal
(encz) | cardinal,hlavní adj: Jiří Šmoldascardinal,kardinál n: Jiří Šmoldascardinal,menstruace n: [slang.] MiChcardinal,základní adj: Jiří Šmoldas |
cardinal compass point
(encz) | cardinal compass point, n: |
cardinal flower
(encz) | cardinal flower,lobelka n: Zdeněk Brož |
cardinal grosbeak
(encz) | cardinal grosbeak, n: |
cardinal measurement
(encz) | cardinal measurement,kardinální měření [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
cardinal number
(encz) | cardinal number,kardinální číslo Zdeněk Brož |
cardinal point
(encz) | cardinal point, |
cardinal tetra
(encz) | cardinal tetra, n: |
cardinal vein
(encz) | cardinal vein, n: |
cardinal virtue
(encz) | cardinal virtue, n: |
cardinalate
(encz) | cardinalate,kardinálská hodnost n: Zdeněk Brožcardinalate,kardinálský úřad Zdeněk Brož |
cardinalfish
(encz) | cardinalfish, n: |
cardinalities
(encz) | cardinalities, |
cardinality
(encz) | cardinality,kardinální číslo Zdeněk Brožcardinality,mohutnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
cardinally
(encz) | cardinally, |
cardinalship
(encz) | cardinalship, n: |
common cardinal vein
(encz) | common cardinal vein, n: |
posterior cardinal vein
(encz) | posterior cardinal vein, n: |
Cardinal bird
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, n. [F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL.
cardinalis (ecclesi[ae] Roman[ae]). See Cardinal, a.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who
constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
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The clerics of the supreme Chair are called
Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to
the hinge by which all things are moved. --Pope Leo
IX.
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Note: The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time
of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy
(six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen
deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and
deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant
a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from
among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all
dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a
cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short
purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and
broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern
hanging from it.
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2. A woman's short cloak with a hood.
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Where's your cardinal! Make haste. --Lloyd.
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3. Mulled red wine. --Hotten.
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4. the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal.
[PJC]
Cardinal bird, or Cardinal grosbeak (Zool.), an American
song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or {Cardinalis
Virginianus}), of the family Fringillid[ae], or finches
of which the male has a bright red plumage, and both sexes
have a high, pointed crest on its head; -- it is also
called the northern cardinal or eastern cardinal. The
males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a
fife. Other related species are also called cardinal
birds.
Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant ({Lobelia
cardinalis}) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty.
Cardinal red, a color like that of a cardinal's cassock,
hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between
scarlet and crimson.
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Cardinal dean
(gcide) | Dean \Dean\, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen,
eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten,
one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks,
from decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Decemvir.]
1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical
and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary,
subordinate to a bishop.
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Dean of cathedral church, the chief officer of a chapter;
he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to
bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its
estates.
Dean of peculiars, a dean holding a preferment which has
some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the
jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.]
Rural dean, one having, under the bishop, the especial care
and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or
districts of the diocese.
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2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and
Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard
to the moral condition of the college. --Shipley.
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3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some
colleges or universities.
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4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of
a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific
department. [U.S.]
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5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony;
as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by
courtesy.
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Cardinal dean, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of
cardinals at Rome. --Shipley.
Dean and chapter, the legal corporation and governing body
of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and
his canons or prebendaries.
Dean of arches, the lay judge of the court of arches.
Dean of faculty, the president of an incorporation or
barristers; specifically, the president of the
incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh.
Dean of guild, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and
still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty
is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see
that they conform to the law.
Dean of a monastery, Monastic dean, a monastic superior
over ten monks.
Dean's stall. See Decanal stall, under Decanal.
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Cardinal flower
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, n. [F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL.
cardinalis (ecclesi[ae] Roman[ae]). See Cardinal, a.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who
constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
[1913 Webster]
The clerics of the supreme Chair are called
Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to
the hinge by which all things are moved. --Pope Leo
IX.
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Note: The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time
of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy
(six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen
deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and
deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant
a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from
among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all
dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a
cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short
purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and
broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern
hanging from it.
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2. A woman's short cloak with a hood.
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Where's your cardinal! Make haste. --Lloyd.
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3. Mulled red wine. --Hotten.
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4. the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal.
[PJC]
Cardinal bird, or Cardinal grosbeak (Zool.), an American
song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or {Cardinalis
Virginianus}), of the family Fringillid[ae], or finches
of which the male has a bright red plumage, and both sexes
have a high, pointed crest on its head; -- it is also
called the northern cardinal or eastern cardinal. The
males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a
fife. Other related species are also called cardinal
birds.
Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant ({Lobelia
cardinalis}) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty.
Cardinal red, a color like that of a cardinal's cassock,
hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between
scarlet and crimson.
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Cardinal grosbeak
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, n. [F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL.
cardinalis (ecclesi[ae] Roman[ae]). See Cardinal, a.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who
constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
[1913 Webster]
The clerics of the supreme Chair are called
Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to
the hinge by which all things are moved. --Pope Leo
IX.
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Note: The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time
of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy
(six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen
deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and
deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant
a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from
among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all
dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a
cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short
purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and
broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern
hanging from it.
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2. A woman's short cloak with a hood.
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Where's your cardinal! Make haste. --Lloyd.
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3. Mulled red wine. --Hotten.
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4. the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal.
[PJC]
Cardinal bird, or Cardinal grosbeak (Zool.), an American
song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or {Cardinalis
Virginianus}), of the family Fringillid[ae], or finches
of which the male has a bright red plumage, and both sexes
have a high, pointed crest on its head; -- it is also
called the northern cardinal or eastern cardinal. The
males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a
fife. Other related species are also called cardinal
birds.
Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant ({Lobelia
cardinalis}) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty.
Cardinal red, a color like that of a cardinal's cassock,
hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between
scarlet and crimson.
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Cardinal number
(gcide) | Number \Num"ber\ (n[u^]m"b[~e]r), n. [OE. nombre, F. nombre, L.
numerus; akin to Gr. no`mos that which is dealt out, fr.
ne`mein to deal out, distribute. See Numb, Nomad, and cf.
Numerate, Numero, Numerous.]
1. That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or
an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection
of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things
expressible by figures.
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2. A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a
multitude; many.
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Ladies are always of great use to the party they
espouse, and never fail to win over numbers.
--Addison.
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3. A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to
put a number on a door.
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4. Numerousness; multitude.
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Number itself importeth not much in armies where the
people are of weak courage. --Bacon.
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5. The state or quality of being numerable or countable.
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Of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds
out of number. --2 Esdras
iii. 7.
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6. Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate
things.
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7. That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as
divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry,
verse; -- chiefly used in the plural.
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I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. --Pope.
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8. (Gram.) The distinction of objects, as one, or more than
one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two),
expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word;
thus, the singular number and the plural number are the
names of the forms of a word indicating the objects
denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than
one.
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9. (Math.) The measure of the relation between quantities or
things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity
which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical
value.
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Abstract number, Abundant number, Cardinal number, etc.
See under Abstract, Abundant, etc.
In numbers, in numbered parts; as, a book published in
numbers.
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Cardinal numbers
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of
a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F.
cardinal.]
Of fundamental importance; pre["e]minent; superior; chief;
principal.
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The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. --Drayton.
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But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
--Shak.
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Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in
distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are
called ordinal numbers.
Cardinal points
(a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or
intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the
prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west.
(b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith
and nadir.
Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and
Capricorn.
Cardinal teeth (Zool.), the central teeth of bivalve shell.
See Bivalve.
Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos,
which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the
blood to the heart. They remain through life in some
fishes.
Cardinal virtues, pre["e]minent virtues; among the
ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.
Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points
due north, south, east, or west.
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Cardinal points
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of
a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F.
cardinal.]
Of fundamental importance; pre["e]minent; superior; chief;
principal.
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The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. --Drayton.
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But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
--Shak.
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Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in
distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are
called ordinal numbers.
Cardinal points
(a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or
intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the
prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west.
(b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith
and nadir.
Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and
Capricorn.
Cardinal teeth (Zool.), the central teeth of bivalve shell.
See Bivalve.
Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos,
which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the
blood to the heart. They remain through life in some
fishes.
Cardinal virtues, pre["e]minent virtues; among the
ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.
Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points
due north, south, east, or west.
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Cardinal red
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, n. [F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL.
cardinalis (ecclesi[ae] Roman[ae]). See Cardinal, a.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who
constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
[1913 Webster]
The clerics of the supreme Chair are called
Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to
the hinge by which all things are moved. --Pope Leo
IX.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time
of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy
(six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen
deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and
deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant
a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from
among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all
dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a
cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short
purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and
broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern
hanging from it.
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2. A woman's short cloak with a hood.
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Where's your cardinal! Make haste. --Lloyd.
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3. Mulled red wine. --Hotten.
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4. the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal.
[PJC]
Cardinal bird, or Cardinal grosbeak (Zool.), an American
song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or {Cardinalis
Virginianus}), of the family Fringillid[ae], or finches
of which the male has a bright red plumage, and both sexes
have a high, pointed crest on its head; -- it is also
called the northern cardinal or eastern cardinal. The
males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a
fife. Other related species are also called cardinal
birds.
Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant ({Lobelia
cardinalis}) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty.
Cardinal red, a color like that of a cardinal's cassock,
hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between
scarlet and crimson.
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Cardinal signs
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of
a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F.
cardinal.]
Of fundamental importance; pre["e]minent; superior; chief;
principal.
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The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. --Drayton.
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But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
--Shak.
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Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in
distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are
called ordinal numbers.
Cardinal points
(a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or
intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the
prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west.
(b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith
and nadir.
Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and
Capricorn.
Cardinal teeth (Zool.), the central teeth of bivalve shell.
See Bivalve.
Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos,
which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the
blood to the heart. They remain through life in some
fishes.
Cardinal virtues, pre["e]minent virtues; among the
ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.
Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points
due north, south, east, or west.
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Cardinal teeth
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of
a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F.
cardinal.]
Of fundamental importance; pre["e]minent; superior; chief;
principal.
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The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. --Drayton.
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But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
--Shak.
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Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in
distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are
called ordinal numbers.
Cardinal points
(a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or
intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the
prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west.
(b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith
and nadir.
Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and
Capricorn.
Cardinal teeth (Zool.), the central teeth of bivalve shell.
See Bivalve.
Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos,
which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the
blood to the heart. They remain through life in some
fishes.
Cardinal virtues, pre["e]minent virtues; among the
ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.
Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points
due north, south, east, or west.
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Cardinal veins
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of
a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F.
cardinal.]
Of fundamental importance; pre["e]minent; superior; chief;
principal.
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The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. --Drayton.
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But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
--Shak.
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Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in
distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are
called ordinal numbers.
Cardinal points
(a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or
intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the
prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west.
(b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith
and nadir.
Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and
Capricorn.
Cardinal teeth (Zool.), the central teeth of bivalve shell.
See Bivalve.
Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos,
which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the
blood to the heart. They remain through life in some
fishes.
Cardinal virtues, pre["e]minent virtues; among the
ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.
Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points
due north, south, east, or west.
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Cardinal virtues
(gcide) | Virtue \Vir"tue\ (?; 135), n. [OE. vertu, F. vertu, L. virtus
strength, courage, excellence, virtue, fr. vir a man. See
Virile, and cf. Virtu.]
1. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.
[Obs.] --Shak.
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Built too strong
For force or virtue ever to expugn. --Chapman.
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2. Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the
production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency;
efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.
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Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue
had gone out of him, turned him about. --Mark v. 30.
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A man was driven to depend for his security against
misunderstanding, upon the pure virtue of his
syntax. --De Quincey.
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The virtue of his midnight agony. --Keble.
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3. Energy or influence operating without contact of the
material or sensible substance.
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She moves the body which she doth possess,
Yet no part toucheth, but by virtue's touch. --Sir.
J. Davies.
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4. Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.
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I made virtue of necessity. --Chaucer.
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In the Greek poets, . . . the economy of poems is
better observed than in Terence, who thought the
sole grace and virtue of their fable the sticking in
of sentences. --B. Jonson.
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5. Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character;
purity of soul; performance of duty.
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Virtue only makes our bliss below. --Pope.
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If there's Power above us,
And that there is all nature cries aloud
Through all her works, he must delight in virtue.
--Addison.
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6. A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of
temperance, of charity, etc. "The very virtue of
compassion." --Shak. "Remember all his virtues."
--Addison.
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7. Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity
of women; virginity.
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H. I believe the girl has virtue.
M. And if she has, I should be the last man in the
world to attempt to corrupt it. --Goldsmith.
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8. pl. One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.
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Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.
--Milton.
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Cardinal virtues. See under Cardinal, a.
In virtue of, or By virtue of, through the force of; by
authority of. "He used to travel through Greece by virtue
of this fable, which procured him reception in all the
towns." --Addison. "This they shall attain, partly in
virtue of the promise made by God, and partly in virtue of
piety." --Atterbury.
Theological virtues, the three virtues, faith, hope, and
charity. See --1 Cor. xiii. 13.
[1913 Webster]Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of
a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F.
cardinal.]
Of fundamental importance; pre["e]minent; superior; chief;
principal.
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The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. --Drayton.
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But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
--Shak.
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Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in
distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are
called ordinal numbers.
Cardinal points
(a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or
intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the
prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west.
(b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith
and nadir.
Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and
Capricorn.
Cardinal teeth (Zool.), the central teeth of bivalve shell.
See Bivalve.
Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos,
which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the
blood to the heart. They remain through life in some
fishes.
Cardinal virtues, pre["e]minent virtues; among the
ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.
Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points
due north, south, east, or west.
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Cardinal winds
(gcide) | Wind \Wind\ (w[i^]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd;
277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG.
wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L.
ventus, Skr. v[=a]ta (cf. Gr. 'ah`ths a blast, gale, 'ah^nai
to breathe hard, to blow, as the wind); originally a p. pr.
from the verb seen in Skr. v[=a] to blow, akin to AS.
w[=a]wan, D. waaijen, G. wehen, OHG. w[=a]en, w[=a]jen, Goth.
waian. [root]131. Cf. Air, Ventail, Ventilate,
Window, Winnow.]
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1. Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a
current of air.
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Except wind stands as never it stood,
It is an ill wind that turns none to good. --Tusser.
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Winds were soft, and woods were green. --Longfellow.
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2. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as,
the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
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3. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or
by an instrument.
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Their instruments were various in their kind,
Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind.
--Dryden.
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4. Power of respiration; breath.
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If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I
would repent. --Shak.
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5. Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence;
as, to be troubled with wind.
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6. Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
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A pack of dogfish had him in the wind. --Swift.
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7. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the
compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are
often called the four winds.
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Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon
these slain. --Ezek.
xxxvii. 9.
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Note: This sense seems to have had its origin in the East.
The Hebrews gave to each of the four cardinal points
the name of wind.
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8. (Far.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are
distended with air, or rather affected with a violent
inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
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9. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
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Nor think thou with wind
Of airy threats to awe. --Milton.
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10. (Zool.) The dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]
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11. (Boxing) The region of the pit of the stomach, where a
blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss
of breath or other injury; the mark. [Slang or Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Wind is often used adjectively, or as the first part of
compound words.
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All in the wind. (Naut.) See under All, n.
Before the wind. (Naut.) See under Before.
Between wind and water (Naut.), in that part of a ship's
side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by
the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's
surface. Hence, colloquially, (as an injury to that part
of a vessel, in an engagement, is particularly dangerous)
the vulnerable part or point of anything.
Cardinal winds. See under Cardinal, a.
Down the wind.
(a) In the direction of, and moving with, the wind; as,
birds fly swiftly down the wind.
(b) Decaying; declining; in a state of decay. [Obs.] "He
went down the wind still." --L'Estrange.
In the wind's eye (Naut.), directly toward the point from
which the wind blows.
Three sheets in the wind, unsteady from drink. [Sailors'
Slang]
To be in the wind, to be suggested or expected; to be a
matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq.]
To carry the wind (Man.), to toss the nose as high as the
ears, as a horse.
To raise the wind, to procure money. [Colloq.]
To take the wind or To have the wind, to gain or have the
advantage. --Bacon.
To take the wind out of one's sails, to cause one to stop,
or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of
another; to cause one to lose enthusiasm, or momentum in
an activity. [Colloq.]
To take wind, or To get wind, to be divulged; to become
public; as, the story got wind, or took wind.
Wind band (Mus.), a band of wind instruments; a military
band; the wind instruments of an orchestra.
Wind chest (Mus.), a chest or reservoir of wind in an
organ.
Wind dropsy. (Med.)
(a) Tympanites.
(b) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue.
Wind egg, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg.
Wind furnace. See the Note under Furnace.
Wind gauge. See under Gauge.
Wind gun. Same as Air gun.
Wind hatch (Mining), the opening or place where the ore is
taken out of the earth.
Wind instrument (Mus.), an instrument of music sounded by
means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a
flute, a clarinet, etc.
Wind pump, a pump moved by a windmill.
Wind rose, a table of the points of the compass, giving the
states of the barometer, etc., connected with winds from
the different directions.
Wind sail.
(a) (Naut.) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to
convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower
compartments of a vessel.
(b) The sail or vane of a windmill.
Wind shake, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by
violent winds while the timber was growing.
Wind shock, a wind shake.
Wind side, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.]
--Mrs. Browning.
Wind rush (Zool.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
Wind wheel, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind.
Wood wind (Mus.), the flutes and reed instruments of an
orchestra, collectively.
[1913 Webster]Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of
a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F.
cardinal.]
Of fundamental importance; pre["e]minent; superior; chief;
principal.
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The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. --Drayton.
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But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
--Shak.
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Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in
distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are
called ordinal numbers.
Cardinal points
(a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or
intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the
prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west.
(b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith
and nadir.
Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and
Capricorn.
Cardinal teeth (Zool.), the central teeth of bivalve shell.
See Bivalve.
Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos,
which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the
blood to the heart. They remain through life in some
fishes.
Cardinal virtues, pre["e]minent virtues; among the
ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude.
Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points
due north, south, east, or west.
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Cardinalate
(gcide) | Cardinalate \Car"di*nal*ate\, n. [Cf. F. cardinalat, LL.
cardinalatus.]
The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.
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Cardinalis cardinalis
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, n. [F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL.
cardinalis (ecclesi[ae] Roman[ae]). See Cardinal, a.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who
constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
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The clerics of the supreme Chair are called
Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to
the hinge by which all things are moved. --Pope Leo
IX.
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Note: The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time
of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy
(six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen
deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and
deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant
a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from
among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all
dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a
cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short
purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and
broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern
hanging from it.
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2. A woman's short cloak with a hood.
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Where's your cardinal! Make haste. --Lloyd.
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3. Mulled red wine. --Hotten.
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4. the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal.
[PJC]
Cardinal bird, or Cardinal grosbeak (Zool.), an American
song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or {Cardinalis
Virginianus}), of the family Fringillid[ae], or finches
of which the male has a bright red plumage, and both sexes
have a high, pointed crest on its head; -- it is also
called the northern cardinal or eastern cardinal. The
males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a
fife. Other related species are also called cardinal
birds.
Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant ({Lobelia
cardinalis}) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty.
Cardinal red, a color like that of a cardinal's cassock,
hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between
scarlet and crimson.
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Cardinalis Virginianus
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, n. [F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL.
cardinalis (ecclesi[ae] Roman[ae]). See Cardinal, a.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who
constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
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The clerics of the supreme Chair are called
Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to
the hinge by which all things are moved. --Pope Leo
IX.
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Note: The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time
of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy
(six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen
deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and
deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant
a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from
among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all
dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a
cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short
purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and
broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern
hanging from it.
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2. A woman's short cloak with a hood.
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Where's your cardinal! Make haste. --Lloyd.
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3. Mulled red wine. --Hotten.
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4. the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal.
[PJC]
Cardinal bird, or Cardinal grosbeak (Zool.), an American
song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or {Cardinalis
Virginianus}), of the family Fringillid[ae], or finches
of which the male has a bright red plumage, and both sexes
have a high, pointed crest on its head; -- it is also
called the northern cardinal or eastern cardinal. The
males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a
fife. Other related species are also called cardinal
birds.
Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant ({Lobelia
cardinalis}) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty.
Cardinal red, a color like that of a cardinal's cassock,
hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between
scarlet and crimson.
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Cardinalize
(gcide) | Cardinalize \Car"di*nal*ize\, v. t.
To exalt to the office of a cardinal. --Sheldon.
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Cardinalship
(gcide) | Cardinalship \Car"di*nal*ship\, n.
The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal
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Carduelis cardinalis
(gcide) | Carduelis \Carduelis\ n.
the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the
Fringillidae, used in some classifications. It includes the
goldfinches (such as the American goldfinch, {Cardulis
tristis}, and the European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis);
siskins; redpolls; and linnets, as well as the common
northern cardinal (Carduelis cardinalis, also called the
cardinal bird).
Syn: genus Carduelis.
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Decardinalize
(gcide) | Decardinalize \De*car"di*nal*ize\, v. t.
To depose from the rank of cardinal.
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eastern cardinal
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, n. [F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL.
cardinalis (ecclesi[ae] Roman[ae]). See Cardinal, a.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who
constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
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The clerics of the supreme Chair are called
Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to
the hinge by which all things are moved. --Pope Leo
IX.
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Note: The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time
of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy
(six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen
deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and
deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant
a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from
among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all
dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a
cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short
purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and
broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern
hanging from it.
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2. A woman's short cloak with a hood.
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Where's your cardinal! Make haste. --Lloyd.
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3. Mulled red wine. --Hotten.
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4. the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal.
[PJC]
Cardinal bird, or Cardinal grosbeak (Zool.), an American
song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or {Cardinalis
Virginianus}), of the family Fringillid[ae], or finches
of which the male has a bright red plumage, and both sexes
have a high, pointed crest on its head; -- it is also
called the northern cardinal or eastern cardinal. The
males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a
fife. Other related species are also called cardinal
birds.
Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant ({Lobelia
cardinalis}) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty.
Cardinal red, a color like that of a cardinal's cassock,
hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between
scarlet and crimson.
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Lobelia cardinalis
(gcide) | Lobelia \Lo*be"li*a\ (?; 106), n. [NL. So called from Lobel,
botanist to King James I.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, including a great number of species.
Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of
North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid
juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine
as an emetic, expectorant, etc. Lobelia cardinalis is the
cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color
of its flowers.
[1913 Webster]Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, n. [F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL.
cardinalis (ecclesi[ae] Roman[ae]). See Cardinal, a.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who
constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
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The clerics of the supreme Chair are called
Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to
the hinge by which all things are moved. --Pope Leo
IX.
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Note: The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time
of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy
(six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen
deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and
deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant
a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from
among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all
dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a
cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short
purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and
broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern
hanging from it.
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2. A woman's short cloak with a hood.
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Where's your cardinal! Make haste. --Lloyd.
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3. Mulled red wine. --Hotten.
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4. the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal.
[PJC]
Cardinal bird, or Cardinal grosbeak (Zool.), an American
song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or {Cardinalis
Virginianus}), of the family Fringillid[ae], or finches
of which the male has a bright red plumage, and both sexes
have a high, pointed crest on its head; -- it is also
called the northern cardinal or eastern cardinal. The
males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a
fife. Other related species are also called cardinal
birds.
Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant ({Lobelia
cardinalis}) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty.
Cardinal red, a color like that of a cardinal's cassock,
hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between
scarlet and crimson.
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northern cardinal
(gcide) | Cardinal \Car"di*nal\, n. [F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL.
cardinalis (ecclesi[ae] Roman[ae]). See Cardinal, a.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who
constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
[1913 Webster]
The clerics of the supreme Chair are called
Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to
the hinge by which all things are moved. --Pope Leo
IX.
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Note: The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time
of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy
(six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen
deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and
deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant
a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from
among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all
dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a
cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short
purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and
broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern
hanging from it.
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2. A woman's short cloak with a hood.
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Where's your cardinal! Make haste. --Lloyd.
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3. Mulled red wine. --Hotten.
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4. the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal.
[PJC]
Cardinal bird, or Cardinal grosbeak (Zool.), an American
song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or {Cardinalis
Virginianus}), of the family Fringillid[ae], or finches
of which the male has a bright red plumage, and both sexes
have a high, pointed crest on its head; -- it is also
called the northern cardinal or eastern cardinal. The
males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a
fife. Other related species are also called cardinal
birds.
Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant ({Lobelia
cardinalis}) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty.
Cardinal red, a color like that of a cardinal's cassock,
hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between
scarlet and crimson.
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Uncardinal
(gcide) | Uncardinal \Un*car"di*nal\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cardinal.]
To degrade from the cardinalship.
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anterior cardinal vein
(wn) | anterior cardinal vein
n 1: a major drainage channel from the cephalic part of the body |
blue cardinal flower
(wn) | blue cardinal flower
n 1: tall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North
America having dense spikes of blue flowers [syn: {great
lobelia}, blue cardinal flower, Lobelia siphilitica] |
cardinal
(wn) | cardinal
adj 1: 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" [syn: cardinal,
central, fundamental, key, primal]
2: being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order;
"cardinal numbers" [ant: ordinal]
n 1: (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: the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a
quantity but not the order [syn: cardinal number,
cardinal]
3: a variable color averaging a vivid red [syn: cardinal,
carmine]
4: crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red
plumage in the male [syn: cardinal, cardinal grosbeak,
Richmondena Cardinalis, Cardinalis cardinalis, redbird] |
cardinal bellarmine
(wn) | Cardinal Bellarmine
n 1: Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621) [syn:
Bellarmine, Bellarmino, Cardinal Bellarmine, {Roberto
Francesco Romolo Bellarmine}] |
cardinal compass point
(wn) | cardinal compass point
n 1: one of the four main compass points |
cardinal flower
(wn) | cardinal flower
n 1: North American lobelia having brilliant red flowers [syn:
cardinal flower, Indian pink, Lobelia cardinalis] |
cardinal grosbeak
(wn) | cardinal grosbeak
n 1: crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red
plumage in the male [syn: cardinal, cardinal grosbeak,
Richmondena Cardinalis, Cardinalis cardinalis,
redbird] |
cardinal newman
(wn) | Cardinal Newman
n 1: English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and
Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later
turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal
(1801-1890) [syn: Newman, John Henry Newman, {Cardinal
Newman}] |
cardinal number
(wn) | cardinal number
n 1: the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a
quantity but not the order [syn: cardinal number,
cardinal] |
cardinal richelieu
(wn) | Cardinal Richelieu
n 1: French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis
XIII (1585-1642) [syn: Richelieu, Duc de Richelieu,
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu] |
cardinal tetra
(wn) | cardinal tetra
n 1: small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in
Brazil and Colombia [syn: cardinal tetra, {Paracheirodon
axelrodi}] |
cardinal vein
(wn) | cardinal vein
n 1: any of the major venous channels in primitive adult
vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates |
cardinal virtue
(wn) | cardinal virtue
n 1: one of the seven preeminent virtues |
cardinalate
(wn) | cardinalate
n 1: cardinals collectively |
cardinalfish
(wn) | cardinalfish
n 1: small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters |
cardinalis cardinalis
(wn) | Cardinalis cardinalis
n 1: crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red
plumage in the male [syn: cardinal, cardinal grosbeak,
Richmondena Cardinalis, Cardinalis cardinalis,
redbird] |
cardinality
(wn) | cardinality
n 1: (mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group
(considered as a property of that grouping) |
cardinalship
(wn) | cardinalship
n 1: the office of cardinal |
college of cardinals
(wn) | College of Cardinals
n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise
the Pope and elect new Popes [syn: Sacred College,
College of Cardinals] |
common cardinal vein
(wn) | common cardinal vein
n 1: the major return channels to the heart; formed by
anastomosis of the anterior and posterior cardinal veins |
lobelia cardinalis
(wn) | Lobelia cardinalis
n 1: North American lobelia having brilliant red flowers [syn:
cardinal flower, Indian pink, Lobelia cardinalis] |
posterior cardinal vein
(wn) | posterior cardinal vein
n 1: a major drainage channel from the caudal part of the body |
richmondena cardinalis
(wn) | Richmondena Cardinalis
n 1: crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red
plumage in the male [syn: cardinal, cardinal grosbeak,
Richmondena Cardinalis, Cardinalis cardinalis,
redbird] |
rodolia cardinalis
(wn) | Rodolia cardinalis
n 1: native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale
insects [syn: vedalia, Rodolia cardinalis] |
cardinal number
(foldoc) | cardinal number
The cardinality of some set.
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cardinality
(foldoc) | cardinality
The number of elements in a set. If two sets
have the same number of elements (i.e. there is a bijection
between them) then they have the same cardinality. A
cardinality is thus an isomorphism class in the category
of sets.
aleph 0 is defined as the cardinality of the first
infinite ordinal, omega (the number of {natural
numbers}).
(1995-03-29)
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CARDINAL
(bouvier) | CARDINAL, eccl. law. The title given to one of the highest dignitaries of
the court of Rome. Cardinals are next to the pope in dignity; he is elected
by them and out of their body. There are cardinal bishops, cardinal priests,
and cardinal deacons. See Fleury, Hist. Eccles. liv. xxxv. n. 17, II. n. 19
Thomassin, part ii. liv. i. oh. 53, part iv. liv. i. c. 79, 80 Loiseau,
Traite des Ordres, c. 3, n. 31; Andre, Droit Canon, au mot.
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