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Encyclopedia > Cardinals


The word cardinal comes from the Latin cardo for "hinge" and usually refers to things of fundamental importance, as in cardinal rule or cardinal sins.

  • In Catholicism, a cardinal is a prince of the Church; cardinals are appointed by the Pope and collectively elect the next Pope if they are under the age of eighty at the time of the election. See Cardinal (Catholicism).
  • Cardinal is a Swiss beer brand.
  • Douglas J Cardinal is a renowned Canadian architect.

There are places that have the name Cardinal in North America


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CARDINAL REDEMPTION / STANFORD: Defense key, streak ends (1007 words)
The Cardinal were, above all else, sound in their dispatching of a Bears team that had teetered on the verge of being No. 1 in the country halfway through the season.
Belch was 2-for-3, kicking a 36-yarder and a 38-yarder, but missing a 25-yard attempt at the end of the third quarter that would have been an important pad to the Cardinal lead.
The Cardinal defense surrendered its second-lowest point total of the season and fourth-lowest number of total offensive yards (360).
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Cardinal (7724 words)
The cardinals were, therefore, from a very early period, assistants of the pope in his liturgical functions, in the care of the poor, the administration of papal finances and possessions, and the synodal disposition of important matters.
the reunion of the cardinals and the pope.
College of Cardinals is the Bishop of Ostia; the sub-dean is the Bishop of Porto.
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