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- Cardinal - a. - Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.
- Cardinal - a. - One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
- Cardinal - a. - A woman's short cloak with a hood.
- Cardinal - a. - Mulled red wine.
- Cardinalate - n. - The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.
- Cardinalize - v. t. - To exalt to the office of a cardinal.
- Cardinalship - n. - The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal
- South - n. - That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.
- Dimension - n. - A literal factor, as numbered in characterizing a term. The term dimensions forms with the cardinal numbers a phrase equivalent to degree with the ordinal; thus, a2b2c is a term of five dimensions, or of the fifth degree.
- Conclavist - n. - One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.
- North - n. - That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south.
- East - n. - The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west.
- Hinge - n. - That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.
- Divaricator - n. - One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda.
- Eminence - n. - A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.
- Hinge - n. - One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
- Camerlingo - n. - The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.
- Lobelia - n. - 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. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.
- Ablegate - n. - A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.
- Protector - n. - A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
- Tonsure - n. - The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders.
- Wind - n. - 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.
- West - n. - The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east.
- Redbird - n. - The cardinal bird.
- Mazarine - a. - Of or pertaining to Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661.
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- H7651 שֶׁבַע - 7651 שֶׁבַע - שֶׁבַע - - shebaʻ - sheh'-bah - or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from שָׁבַע; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number; ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare שִׁבְעָנָה. - Noun - heb
- H8083 שְׁמֹנֶה - 8083 שְׁמֹנֶה - שְׁמֹנֶה - - shᵉmôneh - shem-o-neh' - or שְׁמוֹנֶה; feminine שְׁמֹנָה; or שְׁמוֹנָה; apparently from שָׁמֵן through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth; eight(-een, -eenth), eighth. - Noun - heb