1. cardinal

adjective. ['ˈkɑːrdɪnəl'] serving as an essential component.

Words that Rhyme with Cardinal

• accidental
• annul
• anyone'll
• arnall
• arnell
• arsenal
• bacchanal
• bacchanal
• bagnall
• bagnell
• barbanel
• barnell
• becnel
• benel
• bernal
• bicknell
• binational
• biphenyl
• bonnell
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Example sentences of the word cardinal

1. Noun, singular or mass
The male cardinal is a bright red, while the female is more of a dull brown.

2. Adjective
Look at the weathervane and note if there are any cardinal direction markers.

Quotes containing the word cardinal

1. Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

2. As Emmanuel, Cardinal Suhard says, "To be a witness does not consist in engaging in propaganda, nor even in stirring people up, but in being a living mystery. It means to live in such a way that one's life would not make sense if God did not exist.
- Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

3. He knew instinctively the cardinal function of a teacher – which is a stout lever to raw mass.
- John Horne Burns, Lucifer with a Book

2. cardinal

noun. ['ˈkɑːrdɪnəl'] (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.

3. cardinal

noun. ['ˈkɑːrdɪnəl'] crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male.

4. cardinal

adjective. ['ˈkɑːrdɪnəl'] being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order.

5. cardinal

noun. ['ˈkɑːrdɪnəl'] a variable color averaging a vivid red.

6. cardinal

noun. ['ˈkɑːrdɪnəl'] the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order.