cardinal /kärˈdi-nəl/

1. Of fundamental importance, chief
2. Relating to a hinge
3. On which a thing hinges
4. Of a deep scarlet colour, like a cardinal's cassock or hat

1. (with cap in titles) one of the leading dignitaries of the church constituting the Sacred College at Rome, to whom pertains the right of electing a new pope (RC)
2. A cardinal number
3. A short cloak, worn by ladies in the 17c and 18c
4. A cardinal-bird
5. A S European butterfly (Pandoriana pandora)

carˈdinalate or carˈdinalship noun

1. The office or dignity of cardinal
2. The cardinals collectively

cardinalāˈtial or cardinaliˈtial adjective

Relating to a cardinal or to the office of cardinal

carˈdinally adverb

Fundamentally

cardinal beetle noun

Any of various large, red-coloured beetles of the family Pyrochroidae

carˈdinal-bird or cardinal grosbeak noun (also called (US) redbird)

A large American seed-eating finch (Richmondena cardinalis), the male bright-red with a crest, the female brown

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