The word
cardinal comes from the
LatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Roman conquest, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe...
cardoIn ancient Roman city planning, a cardo was a north-south-oriented street in cities, military camps, and coloniae. Sometimes called the cardo maximus, the cardo served as the center of economic life...
for "hinge" and usually refers to things of fundamental importance, as in
cardinal rule or
cardinal sinCardinal Sin may refer to:*Jaime Sin, former Archbishop of Manila*Seven deadly sins, often called the "cardinal sins"*Mortal sin *Cardinal Sin , a black metal band formed in 1995...
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The word
cardinal comes from the
LatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Roman conquest, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe...
cardoIn ancient Roman city planning, a cardo was a north-south-oriented street in cities, military camps, and coloniae. Sometimes called the cardo maximus, the cardo served as the center of economic life...
for "hinge" and usually refers to things of fundamental importance, as in
cardinal rule or
cardinal sinCardinal Sin may refer to:*Jaime Sin, former Archbishop of Manila*Seven deadly sins, often called the "cardinal sins"*Mortal sin *Cardinal Sin , a black metal band formed in 1995...
s.
Cardinal may refer to:
- Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and making themselves available...
, a senior ecclesiastical official, of the Roman Catholic Church
- Cardinal (Church of England), two members of the College of Minor Canons of St Paul's Cathedral, London
- Cardinal (color)
Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals . The family of birds takes its name from the color.-Cardinal in other color systems :...
, a vivid reddish color
- Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health, Inc., is a Fortune 18 health care services company based in Dublin, Ohio. Cardinal health specializes in health care supply chain services, providing pharmaceuticals and medical products to more than 40,000 locations each day...
, a multinational health supply and pharmaceutical distributor
- Cardinal number
In mathematics, cardinal numbers, or cardinals for short, are a generalization of the natural numbers used to measure the cardinality of sets. The cardinality of a finite set is a natural number – the number of elements in the set. The transfinite cardinal numbers describe the sizes of infinite...
, in mathematics
- Several high schools, see Cardinal High School
Cardinal High School is the name of several schools, including:*Cardinal High School, Iowa*Cardinal High School, Nebraska*Cardinal High School, Ohio...
- Cardinal vowel
Cardinal vowels are a set of reference vowels used by phoneticians in describing the sounds of languages. For instance, the vowel of the English word "feet" can be described with reference to cardinal vowel 1, , which is the cardinal vowel closest to it....
s, the standard reference points for phonetic description.
- Comet Cardinal (C/2008 T2), a comet discovered in 2008.
In biology
- Cardinal (bird)
The Cardinals or Cardinalidae are a family of passerine birds found in North and South America. The South American cardinals in the genus Paroaria are placed in another family, the Thraupidae ....
, a family of passerine birds living in the Americas
- Cardinal Butterfly, Argynnis pandora
- Cardinal (grape)
Cardinal is a table grape first produced in California in 1939. The grape is a cross of the Flame Seedless and Ribier table grapes. In the United States, Bulgaria France, Italy, Romania, and Spain the grape is used as a typical table grape for eating and making raisins. In Thailand and Vietnam it...
, a wine and table grape
- Cardinal tetra
The cardinal tetra, Paracheirodon axelrodi, is a freshwaterfish of the characin family of order Characiformes. It is nativeto the upper Orinoco and Negro Rivers in South America....
, a species of fish
- Cardinal veins
During development of the veins, the first indication of a parietal system consists in the appearance of two short transverse veins, the ducts of Cuvier, which open, one on either side, into the sinus venosus. Each of these ducts receives an ascending and descending vein...
, embryological blood vessels
In music
- The Cardinals
The Cardinals are an American rock band that were formed in 2004 and fronted by alternative country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams until 2009. The band was featured on Adams' albums Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights, Follow the Lights, and Cardinology as Adams' backing band...
, an American R&B group of the 1950s
- The Cardinals, an American rock band formerly fronted by Ryan Adams
Several sports teams use the name
Cardinals:
- Ball State Cardinals
Ball State University's athletic teams are called the Cardinals. The Cardinals are part of the NCAA Mid-American Conference and located in Muncie, Indiana...
, an American college team from Ball State University
- Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American Football team based in Glendale, Arizona. The Cardinals are members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Cardinals were founded in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional...
, a professional American football team
- Cardenales de Lara
The Cardenales de Lara is a baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. Founded in 1942 and based in Barquisimeto, the Cardenales have won four domestic titles, the most recent in 2001.-Notable players:* Luis Sojo* Luis Leal...
, a Venezuelan baseball team
- Louisville Cardinals
The Louisville Cardinals are the athletic teams representing the University of Louisville. A member of the Big East Conference since 2005, they are known nationally as traditional powers in men's basketball, women's volleyball, cheerleading and dance team...
, an intercollegiate sports team in Louisville
- Mapúa Cardinals
The Mapúa Cardinals are the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of the Mapúa Institute of Technology.The other seniors varsity teams may also be referred to as the Cardinals. The juniors team were the Red Robins. The juniors team was recently inactive due to the closing of...
, the varsity teams of Mapua Institute of Technology
- St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball...
, a professional baseball team in the National League
- Stanford Cardinal
The Stanford Cardinal is the nickname of the athletic teams at Stanford University.-Nickname and mascot history:Following its win over Cal in the first-ever Big Game in 1892, the color cardinal was picked as the primary color of Stanford's athletic teams...
, the sports teams of Stanford University, named after the color as opposed to the bird
- Catholic University of America Cardinals
Geography and transportation:
- Cardinal, Ontario
- Cardinal mark
A cardinal mark is a sea mark used in maritime pilotage to indicate the position of a hazard and the direction of safe water....
, a sea mark used in navigation
- Cardinal directions
- Cardinal (train), an Amtrak route connecting Chicago with New York via Cincinnati and Washington
Brands and trademarks
- A name for the Cessna 177
The Cessna 177 Cardinal is a light, high-wing general aviation aircraft that was intended to replace Cessna's 172 Skyhawk. First announced in 1967, it was produced from 1968 to 1978.-Development:...
aircraft
- Cardinal Brewery
Cardinal is a brewery founded in 1788 by François Piller, located in Fribourg, Switzerland.-External links:...
, a Swiss brewery
- The Cardinal
The Frankfort and Cincinnati Model 55 Rail Car, also known as "The Cardinal" is a historic railcar on the National Register of Historic Places, currently at the Kentucky Railway Museum at New Haven, Kentucky, in southernmost Nelson County, Kentucky....
, a historic rail car in Kentucky
People named
Cardinal include:
- Judah ben Isaac Cardinal
Judah ben Isaac Cardinal was a translator who lived at the end of the twelfth century and the beginning of the thirteenth, probably in southern France....
, French translator who lived at the beginning of the thirteenth century
- Brian Cardinal
Brian Lee Cardinal is an American professional basketball player who currently plays forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association.-1991–1995:...
, American basketball player
- Douglas Cardinal
Douglas Joseph Cardinal, OC is a Canadian architect.Born of Métis and Blackfoot heritage, Cardinal is famous for flowing architecture marked with smooth lines, influenced by his Aboriginal heritage as well as European Expressionist architecture In 1953 he attended the University of British...
(born 1934), a Canadian architect
- Harold Cardinal
Dr. Harold Cardinal was a Cree writer, political leader, teacher, negotiator and lawyer.Dr. Harold Cardinal was a Cree writer, political leader, teacher, negotiator and lawyer.Dr...
(1945-2005), a Cree writer and political leader
- Kardinal Offishall
Jason D. Harrow , better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall , is a Canadian rapper and record producer. He is often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", and is best known for his distinctive reggae and dancehall-influenced style of hip-hop.-Biography:Harrow was born in Scarborough,...
, Canadian rapper/producer
- Lorne Cardinal
Lorne Cardinal is a stage and television actor, best known for portraying character Davis Quinton on the Canadian television series Corner Gas.-Personal life:...
, Canadian actor
- Mark Cardinal
Mark E. Cardinal is a former Canadian national rugby player. He played as a hooker.Cardinal played 35 times for Canada, from 1986 to 1999, scoring 3 tries, 13 points in aggregate. He played three times at the Rugby World Cup, in 1987, 1995 and 1999.- External links :*...
, Canadian rugby player
- Tantoo Cardinal
Tantoo Cardinal is a Canadian film and television actress.Cardinal was born in Anzac, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Her mother, Julia Cardinal, was a Métis of Cree descent.[...]
, Canadian actress