Definitions for cardinals

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cardinals car·di·nal

Spelling: [kahr-dn-l]

IPA: /ˈkɑr dn l/

Cardinals is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 555 anagrams from letters in cardinals (aacdilnrs).

Definitions for cardinals

noun

1. Roman Catholic Church. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
2. Also called cardinal grosbeak. a crested grosbeak, Cardinalis cardinalis, of North America, the male of which is bright red.
3. any of various similar birds.
4. a deep, rich red color.
5. a woman's short cloak with a hood, originally made of scarlet cloth and popularly worn in the 18th century.
6. cardinal number.

adjective

1. of prime importance; chief; principal:
2. of the color cardinal.

Origin of cardinals

before 1150; Middle English, Old English Latin cardinālis, equivalent to cardin- (stem of cardō) hinge, hence, something on which other things hinge + -ālis -al¹

Examples for cardinals

He has to contend with much more conservative bishops, archbishops, and cardinals appointed by his two immediate predecessors.

The first to do so were cardinals d'Estrees and Portocarrero.

The pontiff blasts the selfishness, arrogance and detachment of the cardinals in Rome.

The cardinals had such a bad reputation that the very term “cardinal” became an insult in Renaissance Rome.

He had seen all the cardinals whose influence could be of use to him.

The cardinals relegated the decision of the matter to the Pope.

The central issue is de facto immunity traditionally given to bishops and cardinals.

I have continually seen there the Princes of the blood and the cardinals.

He was told that the cardinals were not there to receive a challenge to battle.

But at a consistory of cardinals in Vatican City on Monday, Francis made his case.