cardinal

1. (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes (synset 109913595)
   referred to in: church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
   is a type of: bishop - a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
   subtypes: dean - (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals
   specific instances:

   • bellarmine, bellarmino, cardinal bellarmine, roberto francesco romolo bellarmine - Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621)
   • borgia, cesare borgia - Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507)
   belongs to: cardinalate, college of cardinals, sacred college, sacred college of cardinals - (Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the pope
2. The number of elements in a mathematical set;
   Denotes a quantity but not the order (synset 113618828)
   is a type of: number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units
   subtypes:

   • absolute frequency, frequency - the number of observations in a given statistical category
   • googol - a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred)
   • googolplex - a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol)
   same as: cardinal number
3. A variable color averaging a vivid red (synset 104970626)
   is a type of: red, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
   same as: carmine
4. Crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male (synset 101544027)
   is a type of: finch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
   belongs to: genus richmondena, richmondena - cardinals
   same as: cardinal grosbeak, cardinalis cardinalis, redbird, richmondena cardinalis

1. Serving as an essential component (synset 301280207)
   "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
   similar to: important, of import - of great significance or value
   same as: central, fundamental, key, primal
2. Being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order (synset 302191250)
   "cardinal numbers"
   similar to:

   • 0, zero - indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
   • non-zero - not involving zero
   • 1, ane, i, one - used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
   • 2, ii, two - being one more than one
   • 3, iii, three - being one more than two
   • 4, four, iv - being one more than three
   • 5, five, v - being one more than four
   • 6, half dozen, half-dozen, six, vi - denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units
   • 7, seven, vii - being one more than six
   • 8, eight, viii - being one more than seven
   • 9, ix, nine - denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten
   • 10, ten, x - being one more than nine
   • 11, eleven, xi - being one more than ten
   • 12, dozen, twelve, xii - denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units
   • 13, thirteen, xiii - being one more than twelve
   • 14, fourteen, xiv - being one more than thirteen
   • 15, fifteen, xv - being one more than fourteen
   • 16, sixteen, xvi - being one more than fifteen
   • 17, seventeen, xvii - being one more than sixteen
   • 18, eighteen, xviii - being one more than seventeen
   • 19, nineteen, xix - being one more than eighteen
   • 20, twenty, xx - denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units
   • 21, twenty-one, xxi - being one more than twenty
   • 22, twenty-two, xxii - being two more than twenty
   • 23, twenty-three, xxiii - being three more than twenty
   • 24, twenty-four, xxiv - being four more than twenty
   • 25, twenty-five, xxv - being five more than twenty
   • 26, twenty-six, xxvi - being six more than twenty
   • 27, twenty-seven, xxvii - being seven more than twenty
   • 28, twenty-eight, xxviii - being eight more than twenty
   • 29, twenty-nine, xxix - being nine more than twenty
   • 30, thirty, xxx - being ten more than twenty
   • 31, thirty-one, xxxi - being one more than thirty
   • 32, thirty-two, xxxii - being two more than thirty
   • 33, thirty-three, xxxiii - being three more than thirty
   • 34, thirty-four, xxxiv - being four more than thirty
   • 35, thirty-five, xxxv - being five more than thirty
   • 36, thirty-six, xxxvi - being six more than thirty
   • 37, thirty-seven, xxxvii - being seven more than thirty
   • 38, thirty-eight, xxxviii - being eight more than thirty
   • 39, ixl, thirty-nine - being nine more than thirty
   • 40, forty, twoscore, xl - being ten more than thirty
   • 41, forty-one, xli - being one more than forty
   • 42, forty-two, xlii - being two more than forty
   • 43, forty-three, xliii - being three more than forty
   • 44, forty-four, xliv - being four more than forty
   • 45, forty-five, xlv - being five more than forty
   • 46, forty-six, xlvi - being six more than forty
   • 47, forty-seven, xlvii - being seven more than forty
   • 48, forty-eight, xlviii - being eight more than forty
   • 49, forty-nine, il - being nine more than forty
   • 50, fifty, l - being ten more than forty
   • 51, fifty-one, li - being one more than fifty
   • 52, fifty-two, lii - being two more than fifty
   • 53, fifty-three, liii - being three more than fifty
   • 54, fifty-four, liv - being four more than fifty
   • 55, fifty-five, lv - being five more than fifty
   • 56, fifty-six, lvi - being six more than fifty
   • 57, fifty-seven, lvii - being seven more than fifty
   • 58, fifty-eight, lviii - being eight more than fifty
   • 59, fifty-nine, ilx - being nine more than fifty
   • 60, lx, sixty, threescore - being ten more than fifty
   • 61, lxi, sixty-one - being one more than sixty
   • 62, lxii, sixty-two - being two more than sixty
   • 63, lxiii, sixty-three - being three more than sixty
   • 64, lxiv, sixty-four - being four more than sixty
   • 65, lxv, sixty-five - being five more than sixty
   • 66, lxvi, sixty-six - being six more than sixty
   • 67, lxvii, sixty-seven - being seven more than sixty
   • 68, lxviii, sixty-eight - being eight more than sixty
   • 69, ilxx, sixty-nine - being nine more than sixty
   • 70, lxx, seventy - being ten more than sixty
   • 71, lxxi, seventy-one - being one more than seventy
   • 72, lxxii, seventy-two - being two more than seventy
   • 73, lxxiii, seventy-three - being three more than seventy
   • 74, lxxiv, seventy-four - being four more than seventy
   • 75, lxxv, seventy-five - being five more than seventy
   • 76, lxxvi, seventy-six - being six more than seventy
   • 77, lxxvii, seventy-seven - being seven more than seventy
   • 78, lxxviii, seventy-eight - being eight more than seventy
   • 79, ilxxx, seventy-nine - being nine more than seventy
   • 80, eighty, fourscore, lxxx - being ten more than seventy
   • 81, eighty-one, lxxxi - being one more than eighty
   • 82, eighty-two, lxxxii - being two more than eighty
   • 83, eighty-three, lxxxiii - being three more than eighty
   • 84, eighty-four, lxxxiv - being four more than eighty
   • 85, eighty-five, lxxxv - being five more than eighty
   • 86, eighty-six, lxxxvi - being six more than eighty
   • 87, eighty-seven, lxxxvii - being seven more than eighty
   • 88, eighty-eight, lxxxviii - being eight more than eighty
   • 89, eighty-nine, ixc - being nine more than eighty
   • 90, ninety, xc - being ten more than eighty
   • 91, ninety-one, xci - being one more than ninety
   • 92, ninety-two, xcii - being two more than ninety
   • 93, ninety-three, xciii - being three more than ninety
   • 94, ninety-four, xciv - being four more than ninety
   • 95, ninety-five, xcv - being five more than ninety
   • 96, ninety-six, xcvi - being six more than ninety
   • 97, ninety-seven, xcvii - being seven more than ninety
   • 98, ninety-eight, xcviii - being eight more than ninety
   • 99, ic, ninety-nine - being one less than one hundred and nine more than ninety
   • 100, c, hundred, one hundred - being ten more than ninety
   • 101, ci, hundred and one, one hundred one - being one more than one hundred
   • 105, cv, one hundred five - being five more than one hundred
   • 110, cx, one hundred ten - being ten more than one hundred
   • 115, cxv, one hundred fifteen - being five more than one hundred ten
   • 120, cxx, one hundred twenty - being ten more than one hundred ten
   • 125, cxxv, one hundred twenty-five - being five more than one hundred twenty
   • 130, cxxx, one hundred thirty - being ten more than one hundred twenty
   • 135, cxxxv, one hundred thirty-five - being five more than one hundred thirty
   • 140, cxl, one hundred forty - being ten more than one hundred thirty
   • 145, cxlv, one hundred forty-five - being five more than one hundred forty
   • 150, cl, one hundred fifty - being ten more than one hundred forty
   • 155, clv, one hundred fifty-five - being five more than one hundred fifty
   • 160, clx, one hundred sixty - being ten more than one hundred fifty
   • 165, clxv, one hundred sixty-five - being five more than one hundred sixty
   • 170, clxx, one hundred seventy - being ten more than one hundred sixty
   • 175, clxxv, one hundred seventy-five - being five more than one hundred seventy
   • 180, clxxx, one hundred eighty - being ten more than one hundred seventy
   • 190, one hundred ninety, xcl - being ten more than one hundred eighty
   • 200, cc, two hundred - being ten more than one hundred ninety
   • 300, ccc, three hundred - being one hundred more than two hundred
   • 400, cd, four hundred - being one hundred more than three hundred
   • 500, d, five hundred - denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
   • 1000, k, m, one thousand, thousand - denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
   • ten thousand - denoting a quantity consisting of 10,000 items or units
   • hundred thousand - (in Roman numerals, C written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 100,000 items or units
   • million - (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or units
   • billion - denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
   • billion - denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
   • trillion - one million million in the United States
   • trillion - one quintillion in Great Britain
   • zillion - very large indeterminate number

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