cardinal
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- (Roman Catholic) One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope, equal to the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope.
- Any of various species of New-World passerine songbird in the genus Cardinalis, or in the family Cardinalidae more generally, or of similar appearance and once considered to be related to the former; so called because of their red plumage. (See Wikipedia article for taxonomical information.)
- (math) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)
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cardinal
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- A deep red color, somewhat less vivid than scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock. (same as cardinal red)
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rouge cardinal
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cardinal
adjective
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- Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
- (nautical) Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
- Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
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cardinal
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- Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal’s cassock).
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rouge cardinal
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cardinality
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- (set theory, of a set) The number of elements a given set contains.
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cardinalité
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