Definition of cardinal in English:

cardinal

noun ˈkɑːd(ɪ)n(ə)lˈkɑrd(ə)nl

1A leading dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinals are nominated by the Pope, and form the Sacred College which elects succeeding popes (now invariably from among their own number)
红衣主教（罗马天主教由教皇任命的最高显要，他们组成红衣主教团以选举继任教皇——现总在他们自己圈内选定）
his appointment as cardinal
as title the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
Example sentencesExamples
- Continuing in Latin, the cardinal said the new pope had taken the name Benedict XVI.
- The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are sealed into the Sistine Chapel for a very secret ballot.
- History suggests that colleges of cardinals appointed by one pope do not elect a carbon copy as his successor.
- Certainly the pope and the church's cardinals and bishops must correct the mistakes of the past.
- A Roman Catholic cardinal prominent in the Counter-Reformation, he was a celebrated spiritual director, and a theologian deeply concerned with the Incarnation.
- The result is that all but ten of the 135 electing cardinals were nominated by the man himself.
- White smoke above Rome signalled that the cardinals had elected a new Pope.
- When a medieval pope died, elaborate ceremonies transferred his power to the cardinals who would elect the next pope.
- In the weeks before the trip to Rome, I had tried but failed to arrange a meeting with the cardinal who headed the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace.
- Were the differences among the American cardinals or between the Americans and curial officials?
- The Roman Catholic Church still awards episcopal rings to bishops, and papal rings to popes and cardinals.
- Until 1059 Popes were elected not by cardinals but by the clergy and laity of the diocese of Rome.
- Black smoke from the roof of the Sistine Chapel signalled that cardinals had failed to elect a new pope in the first ballot of their secret conclave yesterday.
- Most modern conclaves have lasted only a few days, but if cardinals have failed to elect a Pope after about two weeks of balloting, they can opt for a simple majority.
- For example, the possibility of a North American cardinal being elected pope is just almost nil.
- Then, as now, the laity did not elect the cardinals or play even a limited role in their selection.
- He is among the 117 cardinals who make up the conclave that will elect the next pope.
- In 1378, a disagreement among the cardinals resulted in the election of two rival popes.
- On his first full day as a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, an 82-year-old Jesuit priest was doing a little exploring.
- Probably the oldest College is that which meets in Rome to elect a new pope, consisting of the cardinals of the Church.
1. 1.1mass noun A deep scarlet colour like that of a cardinal's cassock.
  猩红，鲜红，大红，深红
  Example sentencesExamples
  From a soft blush rose to cardinal to deep wine, red lipsticks put lips in the spotlight.
  During the early 1980s a trend in new homes was to have a colour suite in either brown, green, cardinal red, etc.
  Harmer sells a range of contemporary pendant lighting, including the Icon glass dome light shades, in colours from petrol blue to cardinal red, priced £109.
  Cardinal remained the school color until the 1940's.
2A New World songbird of the bunting family, having a stout bill and typically a conspicuous crest. The male is partly or mostly red in colour.
红衣凤头鸟
Family Emberizidae, subfamily Cardinalinae (the cardinal grosbeak subfamily): four genera and several species
Example sentencesExamples
- We saw lots of catbirds, blackbirds, mockingbirds, cardinals, crows, and grackles.
- Finches, grosbeaks, titmice, nuthatches, sparrows, and cardinals will beat a path to your door.
- As we were leaving, we stopped to admire the cardinals at the bird feeder by the visitor's center.
- Use a feeder that holds sunflower seeds to draw cardinals, towhees and blue jays.
- He went on, in his East Texas drawl, to tell me about his four feeders and eight male cardinals and the other visitors, including one he was especially proud of.
- Birds such as goldfinches, orioles, and cardinals owe their colorful plumages to carotenoids.
- Female cardinals also have crests, but their coloring is more subdued.
- It turns out that multiple paternity is very common, even among beloved backyard birds like the cardinal and robin.
- Tube feeders come in many sizes and attract jays, cardinals, finches, chickadees, titmice and others.
- Chickadees, cardinals, doves, and robins came and went, and a grackle made a racket in the woods.
- Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, cardinals, bluejays and more visited our gardens.
- The rest of them, save the one single cardinal that keeps evading my lens, I'm not sure what they are.
- I guess this is a good time to spot young cardinals, so keep your eyes open.
- Mynah birds and cardinals serenade beach goers and picnickers alike.
- Hester and Fanny have filled our old bird feeder and have had so much fun watching the robins and the cardinals come and eat the seeds that they put inside.
- Can you imagine that 50 years ago there were no cardinals in Massachusetts?
- Birds that overwinter in the northeastern U.S., like the red cardinal, are also the first to herald the onset of spring.
- I don't want to see more goldfinches, chickadees, herons or cardinals.
- I heard the peeping of a young, hungry cardinal, and I heard the soft cry of a nuthatch.
- As we had learned from those first brave chickadees, the cardinal, the robin family, and now the sparrow, communion with another life can change your perspective on the world.

adjective ˈkɑːd(ɪ)n(ə)lˈkɑrd(ə)nl

attributive Of the greatest importance; fundamental.
最重要的；根本的，基本的
two cardinal points must be borne in mind
两个基本点必须记在心中。
Example sentencesExamples
- Now I live by certain cardinal rules one of which is other people will get you in trouble so don't listen to them.
- Second, utilities, being cardinal, already incorporate attitudes to risk.
- He said discipline was cardinal, adding that civil servants should desist from activities like drinking beer during working hours and involving themselves in partisan politics.
- This I regard as being a point of cardinal importance in the present case.
- And there are two cardinal rules: no pulling on the reins and no kicking in the sides.
- One of the cardinal principles John Hume held was that northern nationalists should not take sides in southern politics.
- Respect for the dead that used to be of cardinal importance in society is rarely noticeable during funeral ceremonies these days.
- She said Zambia had recognised that the full participation of women and men in the development process was cardinal to achieving sustainable development.
- The value that will move Joe Customer to reach for his wallet lies in two cardinal rules: check the relevance, and work to keep Joe Customer's interest.
- Hospital cleaning - although an issue of cardinal importance - is a subject to which only a proportion of the public relate.
- The need for a viable transport sector in any economy is cardinal.
- First, it is a profound betrayal of the cardinal principle of intellectual endeavour, which is freedom of speech and debate.
- With different types of abuse affecting women and children, finding effective ways to protect them is cardinal to fighting violence against women and children.
- But at least they understood one cardinal fact of the modern world, as our educated liberals do not: that leniency for the criminal is punishment of the innocent.
- She said administrators were mandated to serve the public and it was cardinal that they developed sport to higher heights as it was not Government's responsibility to do that.
- He said that public support was cardinal in the successful implementation of the privatisation process, an issue that eluded the Zambian process when privatisation was initiated.
- Firstly, it is cardinal to recognise that men have stood on a higher rung on the country's economic ladder ever since the country attained independence in 1964.
- From all of our experiences, three cardinal rules for young people seeking to work in the developing world seem to have emerged.
- He said camping was cardinal for athletes' preparations and that it would be an advantage if the budget was approved soon so that adequate preparations were effected.
- Although the Ten Commandments are of cardinal importance, all the commandments were given by God and are essential to Judaism.
Synonyms
fundamental, basic, main, chief, primary, prime, principal, premier, first, leading, capital, paramount, pre-eminent
important, major, foremost, top, topmost, greatest, highest, key
essential, vital, crucial, intrinsic, integral, elemental, rudimentary, root, radical

Derivatives

cardinalate

noun ˈkɑːd(ɪ)n(ə)leɪtˈkɑrd(ə)nələt

1The office or rank of a cardinal within the Roman Catholic Church.
Rome had recognized him with an appointment just short of cardinalate
1. 1.1mass noun The members of the College of Cardinals.
Example sentencesExamples
- the newly elected pope lost no time in bestowing cardinalates on to his relatives and allies
- Alexander's papacy was a signal moment in the restoration of papal monarchy in the wake of the conciliar experiment, Pellegrini argues, since it represented ‘the waning of the medieval cardinalate.’
- From 1523 until his elevation to the cardinalate in 1528, Marino lived in Venice, where he could manage the affairs of the patriarchate of Aquileia.
- In 1535, just after his elevation to the cardinalate by Paul III, he was put on trial for treasonably denying the king's supremacy over the church, and was executed on 22 June 1535.
- archbishops and bishops must wait until a meeting of the cardinalate to learn whether they will receive a red hat

cardinally

adverb

In his radio address to the nation, Victor Yushchenko said gas prices in the municipal sector would not be cardinally raised in the near future.
Example sentencesExamples
- Russia's Security Council Secretary warned that the realization of the plans of NATO's expansion might cardinally change the inner political situation in Russia.
- Bulgaria needs to implement a generally and cardinally new agrarian policy strategy.

cardinalship

noun ˈkɑːd(ɪ)n(ə)lʃɪpˈkɑrd(ə)nəlˌʃɪp

The office or rank of a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.
the First Minister referred to the visit of Pope Benedict to Scotland as a highlight of O'Brien's cardinalship
Example sentencesExamples
- He also expressed a wish that people of different world-views recognise his cardinalship as Catholic openness to dialogue.
- Not since the days when popes sold cardinalships to raise crusade funds has such perplexing behavior come from the Vatican.
- We knew an excellent Roman Catholic priest, but instead of being given a cardinalship he was transferred to a most wretched parish.

Origin

Old English, from Latin cardinalis, from cardo, cardin- 'hinge'. sense 1 of the noun has arisen through the notion of the important function of such priests as ‘pivots’ of church life.

The connection between a cardinal, ‘a senior Roman Catholic priest’, and cardinal, ‘fundamental, most important’, is a door hinge. The word derives from Latin cardinalis, from cardo ‘hinge’, and its senses share the idea of something being of pivotal importance, on which everything else turns or depends.

Definition of cardinal in US English:

cardinal

nounˈkɑrd(ə)nlˈkärd(ə)nl

1A leading dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinals are nominated by the Pope, and form the Sacred College which elects succeeding popes (now invariably from among their own number).
红衣主教（罗马天主教由教皇任命的最高显要，他们组成红衣主教团以选举继任教皇——现总在他们自己圈内选定）
Example sentencesExamples
- Then, as now, the laity did not elect the cardinals or play even a limited role in their selection.
- The Roman Catholic Church still awards episcopal rings to bishops, and papal rings to popes and cardinals.
- Until 1059 Popes were elected not by cardinals but by the clergy and laity of the diocese of Rome.
- Continuing in Latin, the cardinal said the new pope had taken the name Benedict XVI.
- Most modern conclaves have lasted only a few days, but if cardinals have failed to elect a Pope after about two weeks of balloting, they can opt for a simple majority.
- Certainly the pope and the church's cardinals and bishops must correct the mistakes of the past.
- A Roman Catholic cardinal prominent in the Counter-Reformation, he was a celebrated spiritual director, and a theologian deeply concerned with the Incarnation.
- He is among the 117 cardinals who make up the conclave that will elect the next pope.
- On his first full day as a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, an 82-year-old Jesuit priest was doing a little exploring.
- For example, the possibility of a North American cardinal being elected pope is just almost nil.
- When a medieval pope died, elaborate ceremonies transferred his power to the cardinals who would elect the next pope.
- In the weeks before the trip to Rome, I had tried but failed to arrange a meeting with the cardinal who headed the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace.
- Were the differences among the American cardinals or between the Americans and curial officials?
- History suggests that colleges of cardinals appointed by one pope do not elect a carbon copy as his successor.
- White smoke above Rome signalled that the cardinals had elected a new Pope.
- The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are sealed into the Sistine Chapel for a very secret ballot.
- Probably the oldest College is that which meets in Rome to elect a new pope, consisting of the cardinals of the Church.
- In 1378, a disagreement among the cardinals resulted in the election of two rival popes.
- Black smoke from the roof of the Sistine Chapel signalled that cardinals had failed to elect a new pope in the first ballot of their secret conclave yesterday.
- The result is that all but ten of the 135 electing cardinals were nominated by the man himself.
1. 1.1 A deep scarlet color like that of a cardinal's cassock.
  猩红，鲜红，大红，深红
  Example sentencesExamples
  Harmer sells a range of contemporary pendant lighting, including the Icon glass dome light shades, in colours from petrol blue to cardinal red, priced £109.
  During the early 1980s a trend in new homes was to have a colour suite in either brown, green, cardinal red, etc.
  Cardinal remained the school color until the 1940's.
  From a soft blush rose to cardinal to deep wine, red lipsticks put lips in the spotlight.
2A New World songbird of the bunting family, with a stout bill and typically with a conspicuous crest. The male is partly or mostly red in color.
红衣凤头鸟
Family Emberizidae, subfamily Cardinalinae (the cardinal grosbeak subfamily): four genera and several species, especially the northern (or common) cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), the male of which is scarlet with a black face. This subfamily also includes American grosbeaks, buntings, and saltators
Example sentencesExamples
- Finches, grosbeaks, titmice, nuthatches, sparrows, and cardinals will beat a path to your door.
- Use a feeder that holds sunflower seeds to draw cardinals, towhees and blue jays.
- Can you imagine that 50 years ago there were no cardinals in Massachusetts?
- Female cardinals also have crests, but their coloring is more subdued.
- He went on, in his East Texas drawl, to tell me about his four feeders and eight male cardinals and the other visitors, including one he was especially proud of.
- I heard the peeping of a young, hungry cardinal, and I heard the soft cry of a nuthatch.
- We saw lots of catbirds, blackbirds, mockingbirds, cardinals, crows, and grackles.
- I guess this is a good time to spot young cardinals, so keep your eyes open.
- Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, cardinals, bluejays and more visited our gardens.
- Birds that overwinter in the northeastern U.S., like the red cardinal, are also the first to herald the onset of spring.
- I don't want to see more goldfinches, chickadees, herons or cardinals.
- As we were leaving, we stopped to admire the cardinals at the bird feeder by the visitor's center.
- It turns out that multiple paternity is very common, even among beloved backyard birds like the cardinal and robin.
- The rest of them, save the one single cardinal that keeps evading my lens, I'm not sure what they are.
- Birds such as goldfinches, orioles, and cardinals owe their colorful plumages to carotenoids.
- As we had learned from those first brave chickadees, the cardinal, the robin family, and now the sparrow, communion with another life can change your perspective on the world.
- Tube feeders come in many sizes and attract jays, cardinals, finches, chickadees, titmice and others.
- Chickadees, cardinals, doves, and robins came and went, and a grackle made a racket in the woods.
- Mynah birds and cardinals serenade beach goers and picnickers alike.
- Hester and Fanny have filled our old bird feeder and have had so much fun watching the robins and the cardinals come and eat the seeds that they put inside.

adjectiveˈkɑrd(ə)nlˈkärd(ə)nl

attributive Of the greatest importance; fundamental.
最重要的；根本的，基本的
two cardinal points must be borne in mind
两个基本点必须记在心中。
Example sentencesExamples
- Second, utilities, being cardinal, already incorporate attitudes to risk.
- He said discipline was cardinal, adding that civil servants should desist from activities like drinking beer during working hours and involving themselves in partisan politics.
- Hospital cleaning - although an issue of cardinal importance - is a subject to which only a proportion of the public relate.
- And there are two cardinal rules: no pulling on the reins and no kicking in the sides.
- She said Zambia had recognised that the full participation of women and men in the development process was cardinal to achieving sustainable development.
- He said that public support was cardinal in the successful implementation of the privatisation process, an issue that eluded the Zambian process when privatisation was initiated.
- She said administrators were mandated to serve the public and it was cardinal that they developed sport to higher heights as it was not Government's responsibility to do that.
- Respect for the dead that used to be of cardinal importance in society is rarely noticeable during funeral ceremonies these days.
- One of the cardinal principles John Hume held was that northern nationalists should not take sides in southern politics.
- Although the Ten Commandments are of cardinal importance, all the commandments were given by God and are essential to Judaism.
- First, it is a profound betrayal of the cardinal principle of intellectual endeavour, which is freedom of speech and debate.
- The need for a viable transport sector in any economy is cardinal.
- This I regard as being a point of cardinal importance in the present case.
- But at least they understood one cardinal fact of the modern world, as our educated liberals do not: that leniency for the criminal is punishment of the innocent.
- Firstly, it is cardinal to recognise that men have stood on a higher rung on the country's economic ladder ever since the country attained independence in 1964.
- From all of our experiences, three cardinal rules for young people seeking to work in the developing world seem to have emerged.
- The value that will move Joe Customer to reach for his wallet lies in two cardinal rules: check the relevance, and work to keep Joe Customer's interest.
- With different types of abuse affecting women and children, finding effective ways to protect them is cardinal to fighting violence against women and children.
- Now I live by certain cardinal rules one of which is other people will get you in trouble so don't listen to them.
- He said camping was cardinal for athletes' preparations and that it would be an advantage if the budget was approved soon so that adequate preparations were effected.
Synonyms
fundamental, basic, main, chief, primary, prime, principal, premier, first, leading, capital, paramount, pre-eminent

Origin

Old English, from Latin cardinalis, from cardo, cardin- ‘hinge’. cardinal (sense 1 of the noun) has arisen through the notion of the important function of such priests as ‘pivots’ of church life.

单词	cardinal
释义	Definition of cardinal in English: cardinal noun ˈkɑːd(ɪ)n(ə)lˈkɑrd(ə)nl 1A leading dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinals are nominated by the Pope, and form the Sacred College which elects succeeding popes (now invariably from among their own number) 红衣主教（罗马天主教由教皇任命的最高显要，他们组成红衣主教团以选举继任教皇——现总在他们自己圈内选定） his appointment as cardinal as title the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster Example sentencesExamples Continuing in Latin, the cardinal said the new pope had taken the name Benedict XVI. The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are sealed into the Sistine Chapel for a very secret ballot. History suggests that colleges of cardinals appointed by one pope do not elect a carbon copy as his successor. Certainly the pope and the church's cardinals and bishops must correct the mistakes of the past. A Roman Catholic cardinal prominent in the Counter-Reformation, he was a celebrated spiritual director, and a theologian deeply concerned with the Incarnation. The result is that all but ten of the 135 electing cardinals were nominated by the man himself. White smoke above Rome signalled that the cardinals had elected a new Pope. When a medieval pope died, elaborate ceremonies transferred his power to the cardinals who would elect the next pope. In the weeks before the trip to Rome, I had tried but failed to arrange a meeting with the cardinal who headed the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace. Were the differences among the American cardinals or between the Americans and curial officials? The Roman Catholic Church still awards episcopal rings to bishops, and papal rings to popes and cardinals. Until 1059 Popes were elected not by cardinals but by the clergy and laity of the diocese of Rome. Black smoke from the roof of the Sistine Chapel signalled that cardinals had failed to elect a new pope in the first ballot of their secret conclave yesterday. Most modern conclaves have lasted only a few days, but if cardinals have failed to elect a Pope after about two weeks of balloting, they can opt for a simple majority. For example, the possibility of a North American cardinal being elected pope is just almost nil. Then, as now, the laity did not elect the cardinals or play even a limited role in their selection. He is among the 117 cardinals who make up the conclave that will elect the next pope. In 1378, a disagreement among the cardinals resulted in the election of two rival popes. On his first full day as a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, an 82-year-old Jesuit priest was doing a little exploring. Probably the oldest College is that which meets in Rome to elect a new pope, consisting of the cardinals of the Church. 1.1mass noun A deep scarlet colour like that of a cardinal's cassock. 猩红，鲜红，大红，深红 Example sentencesExamples From a soft blush rose to cardinal to deep wine, red lipsticks put lips in the spotlight. During the early 1980s a trend in new homes was to have a colour suite in either brown, green, cardinal red, etc. Harmer sells a range of contemporary pendant lighting, including the Icon glass dome light shades, in colours from petrol blue to cardinal red, priced £109. Cardinal remained the school color until the 1940's. 2A New World songbird of the bunting family, having a stout bill and typically a conspicuous crest. The male is partly or mostly red in colour. 红衣凤头鸟 Family Emberizidae, subfamily Cardinalinae (the cardinal grosbeak subfamily): four genera and several species Example sentencesExamples We saw lots of catbirds, blackbirds, mockingbirds, cardinals, crows, and grackles. Finches, grosbeaks, titmice, nuthatches, sparrows, and cardinals will beat a path to your door. As we were leaving, we stopped to admire the cardinals at the bird feeder by the visitor's center. Use a feeder that holds sunflower seeds to draw cardinals, towhees and blue jays. He went on, in his East Texas drawl, to tell me about his four feeders and eight male cardinals and the other visitors, including one he was especially proud of. Birds such as goldfinches, orioles, and cardinals owe their colorful plumages to carotenoids. Female cardinals also have crests, but their coloring is more subdued. It turns out that multiple paternity is very common, even among beloved backyard birds like the cardinal and robin. Tube feeders come in many sizes and attract jays, cardinals, finches, chickadees, titmice and others. Chickadees, cardinals, doves, and robins came and went, and a grackle made a racket in the woods. Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, cardinals, bluejays and more visited our gardens. The rest of them, save the one single cardinal that keeps evading my lens, I'm not sure what they are. I guess this is a good time to spot young cardinals, so keep your eyes open. Mynah birds and cardinals serenade beach goers and picnickers alike. Hester and Fanny have filled our old bird feeder and have had so much fun watching the robins and the cardinals come and eat the seeds that they put inside. Can you imagine that 50 years ago there were no cardinals in Massachusetts? Birds that overwinter in the northeastern U.S., like the red cardinal, are also the first to herald the onset of spring. I don't want to see more goldfinches, chickadees, herons or cardinals. I heard the peeping of a young, hungry cardinal, and I heard the soft cry of a nuthatch. As we had learned from those first brave chickadees, the cardinal, the robin family, and now the sparrow, communion with another life can change your perspective on the world. adjective ˈkɑːd(ɪ)n(ə)lˈkɑrd(ə)nl attributive Of the greatest importance; fundamental. 最重要的；根本的，基本的 two cardinal points must be borne in mind 两个基本点必须记在心中。 Example sentencesExamples Now I live by certain cardinal rules one of which is other people will get you in trouble so don't listen to them. Second, utilities, being cardinal, already incorporate attitudes to risk. He said discipline was cardinal, adding that civil servants should desist from activities like drinking beer during working hours and involving themselves in partisan politics. This I regard as being a point of cardinal importance in the present case. And there are two cardinal rules: no pulling on the reins and no kicking in the sides. One of the cardinal principles John Hume held was that northern nationalists should not take sides in southern politics. Respect for the dead that used to be of cardinal importance in society is rarely noticeable during funeral ceremonies these days. She said Zambia had recognised that the full participation of women and men in the development process was cardinal to achieving sustainable development. The value that will move Joe Customer to reach for his wallet lies in two cardinal rules: check the relevance, and work to keep Joe Customer's interest. Hospital cleaning - although an issue of cardinal importance - is a subject to which only a proportion of the public relate. The need for a viable transport sector in any economy is cardinal. First, it is a profound betrayal of the cardinal principle of intellectual endeavour, which is freedom of speech and debate. With different types of abuse affecting women and children, finding effective ways to protect them is cardinal to fighting violence against women and children. But at least they understood one cardinal fact of the modern world, as our educated liberals do not: that leniency for the criminal is punishment of the innocent. She said administrators were mandated to serve the public and it was cardinal that they developed sport to higher heights as it was not Government's responsibility to do that. He said that public support was cardinal in the successful implementation of the privatisation process, an issue that eluded the Zambian process when privatisation was initiated. Firstly, it is cardinal to recognise that men have stood on a higher rung on the country's economic ladder ever since the country attained independence in 1964. From all of our experiences, three cardinal rules for young people seeking to work in the developing world seem to have emerged. He said camping was cardinal for athletes' preparations and that it would be an advantage if the budget was approved soon so that adequate preparations were effected. Although the Ten Commandments are of cardinal importance, all the commandments were given by God and are essential to Judaism. Synonyms fundamental, basic, main, chief, primary, prime, principal, premier, first, leading, capital, paramount, pre-eminent important, major, foremost, top, topmost, greatest, highest, key essential, vital, crucial, intrinsic, integral, elemental, rudimentary, root, radical Derivatives cardinalate noun ˈkɑːd(ɪ)n(ə)leɪtˈkɑrd(ə)nələt 1The office or rank of a cardinal within the Roman Catholic Church. Rome had recognized him with an appointment just short of cardinalate 1.1mass noun The members of the College of Cardinals. Example sentencesExamples the newly elected pope lost no time in bestowing cardinalates on to his relatives and allies Alexander's papacy was a signal moment in the restoration of papal monarchy in the wake of the conciliar experiment, Pellegrini argues, since it represented ‘the waning of the medieval cardinalate.’ From 1523 until his elevation to the cardinalate in 1528, Marino lived in Venice, where he could manage the affairs of the patriarchate of Aquileia. In 1535, just after his elevation to the cardinalate by Paul III, he was put on trial for treasonably denying the king's supremacy over the church, and was executed on 22 June 1535. archbishops and bishops must wait until a meeting of the cardinalate to learn whether they will receive a red hat cardinally adverb In his radio address to the nation, Victor Yushchenko said gas prices in the municipal sector would not be cardinally raised in the near future. Example sentencesExamples Russia's Security Council Secretary warned that the realization of the plans of NATO's expansion might cardinally change the inner political situation in Russia. Bulgaria needs to implement a generally and cardinally new agrarian policy strategy. cardinalship noun ˈkɑːd(ɪ)n(ə)lʃɪpˈkɑrd(ə)nəlˌʃɪp The office or rank of a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. the First Minister referred to the visit of Pope Benedict to Scotland as a highlight of O'Brien's cardinalship Example sentencesExamples He also expressed a wish that people of different world-views recognise his cardinalship as Catholic openness to dialogue. Not since the days when popes sold cardinalships to raise crusade funds has such perplexing behavior come from the Vatican. We knew an excellent Roman Catholic priest, but instead of being given a cardinalship he was transferred to a most wretched parish. Origin Old English, from Latin cardinalis, from cardo, cardin- 'hinge'. sense 1 of the noun has arisen through the notion of the important function of such priests as ‘pivots’ of church life. The connection between a cardinal, ‘a senior Roman Catholic priest’, and cardinal, ‘fundamental, most important’, is a door hinge. The word derives from Latin cardinalis, from cardo ‘hinge’, and its senses share the idea of something being of pivotal importance, on which everything else turns or depends. Definition of cardinal in US English: cardinal nounˈkɑrd(ə)nlˈkärd(ə)nl 1A leading dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinals are nominated by the Pope, and form the Sacred College which elects succeeding popes (now invariably from among their own number). 红衣主教（罗马天主教由教皇任命的最高显要，他们组成红衣主教团以选举继任教皇——现总在他们自己圈内选定） Example sentencesExamples Then, as now, the laity did not elect the cardinals or play even a limited role in their selection. The Roman Catholic Church still awards episcopal rings to bishops, and papal rings to popes and cardinals. Until 1059 Popes were elected not by cardinals but by the clergy and laity of the diocese of Rome. Continuing in Latin, the cardinal said the new pope had taken the name Benedict XVI. Most modern conclaves have lasted only a few days, but if cardinals have failed to elect a Pope after about two weeks of balloting, they can opt for a simple majority. Certainly the pope and the church's cardinals and bishops must correct the mistakes of the past. A Roman Catholic cardinal prominent in the Counter-Reformation, he was a celebrated spiritual director, and a theologian deeply concerned with the Incarnation. He is among the 117 cardinals who make up the conclave that will elect the next pope. On his first full day as a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, an 82-year-old Jesuit priest was doing a little exploring. For example, the possibility of a North American cardinal being elected pope is just almost nil. When a medieval pope died, elaborate ceremonies transferred his power to the cardinals who would elect the next pope. In the weeks before the trip to Rome, I had tried but failed to arrange a meeting with the cardinal who headed the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace. Were the differences among the American cardinals or between the Americans and curial officials? History suggests that colleges of cardinals appointed by one pope do not elect a carbon copy as his successor. White smoke above Rome signalled that the cardinals had elected a new Pope. The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are sealed into the Sistine Chapel for a very secret ballot. Probably the oldest College is that which meets in Rome to elect a new pope, consisting of the cardinals of the Church. In 1378, a disagreement among the cardinals resulted in the election of two rival popes. Black smoke from the roof of the Sistine Chapel signalled that cardinals had failed to elect a new pope in the first ballot of their secret conclave yesterday. The result is that all but ten of the 135 electing cardinals were nominated by the man himself. 1.1 A deep scarlet color like that of a cardinal's cassock. 猩红，鲜红，大红，深红 Example sentencesExamples Harmer sells a range of contemporary pendant lighting, including the Icon glass dome light shades, in colours from petrol blue to cardinal red, priced £109. During the early 1980s a trend in new homes was to have a colour suite in either brown, green, cardinal red, etc. Cardinal remained the school color until the 1940's. From a soft blush rose to cardinal to deep wine, red lipsticks put lips in the spotlight. 2A New World songbird of the bunting family, with a stout bill and typically with a conspicuous crest. The male is partly or mostly red in color. 红衣凤头鸟 Family Emberizidae, subfamily Cardinalinae (the cardinal grosbeak subfamily): four genera and several species, especially the northern (or common) cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), the male of which is scarlet with a black face. This subfamily also includes American grosbeaks, buntings, and saltators Example sentencesExamples Finches, grosbeaks, titmice, nuthatches, sparrows, and cardinals will beat a path to your door. Use a feeder that holds sunflower seeds to draw cardinals, towhees and blue jays. Can you imagine that 50 years ago there were no cardinals in Massachusetts? Female cardinals also have crests, but their coloring is more subdued. He went on, in his East Texas drawl, to tell me about his four feeders and eight male cardinals and the other visitors, including one he was especially proud of. I heard the peeping of a young, hungry cardinal, and I heard the soft cry of a nuthatch. We saw lots of catbirds, blackbirds, mockingbirds, cardinals, crows, and grackles. I guess this is a good time to spot young cardinals, so keep your eyes open. Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, cardinals, bluejays and more visited our gardens. Birds that overwinter in the northeastern U.S., like the red cardinal, are also the first to herald the onset of spring. I don't want to see more goldfinches, chickadees, herons or cardinals. As we were leaving, we stopped to admire the cardinals at the bird feeder by the visitor's center. It turns out that multiple paternity is very common, even among beloved backyard birds like the cardinal and robin. The rest of them, save the one single cardinal that keeps evading my lens, I'm not sure what they are. Birds such as goldfinches, orioles, and cardinals owe their colorful plumages to carotenoids. As we had learned from those first brave chickadees, the cardinal, the robin family, and now the sparrow, communion with another life can change your perspective on the world. Tube feeders come in many sizes and attract jays, cardinals, finches, chickadees, titmice and others. Chickadees, cardinals, doves, and robins came and went, and a grackle made a racket in the woods. Mynah birds and cardinals serenade beach goers and picnickers alike. Hester and Fanny have filled our old bird feeder and have had so much fun watching the robins and the cardinals come and eat the seeds that they put inside. adjectiveˈkɑrd(ə)nlˈkärd(ə)nl attributive Of the greatest importance; fundamental. 最重要的；根本的，基本的 two cardinal points must be borne in mind 两个基本点必须记在心中。 Example sentencesExamples Second, utilities, being cardinal, already incorporate attitudes to risk. He said discipline was cardinal, adding that civil servants should desist from activities like drinking beer during working hours and involving themselves in partisan politics. Hospital cleaning - although an issue of cardinal importance - is a subject to which only a proportion of the public relate. And there are two cardinal rules: no pulling on the reins and no kicking in the sides. She said Zambia had recognised that the full participation of women and men in the development process was cardinal to achieving sustainable development. He said that public support was cardinal in the successful implementation of the privatisation process, an issue that eluded the Zambian process when privatisation was initiated. She said administrators were mandated to serve the public and it was cardinal that they developed sport to higher heights as it was not Government's responsibility to do that. Respect for the dead that used to be of cardinal importance in society is rarely noticeable during funeral ceremonies these days. One of the cardinal principles John Hume held was that northern nationalists should not take sides in southern politics. Although the Ten Commandments are of cardinal importance, all the commandments were given by God and are essential to Judaism. First, it is a profound betrayal of the cardinal principle of intellectual endeavour, which is freedom of speech and debate. The need for a viable transport sector in any economy is cardinal. This I regard as being a point of cardinal importance in the present case. But at least they understood one cardinal fact of the modern world, as our educated liberals do not: that leniency for the criminal is punishment of the innocent. Firstly, it is cardinal to recognise that men have stood on a higher rung on the country's economic ladder ever since the country attained independence in 1964. From all of our experiences, three cardinal rules for young people seeking to work in the developing world seem to have emerged. The value that will move Joe Customer to reach for his wallet lies in two cardinal rules: check the relevance, and work to keep Joe Customer's interest. With different types of abuse affecting women and children, finding effective ways to protect them is cardinal to fighting violence against women and children. Now I live by certain cardinal rules one of which is other people will get you in trouble so don't listen to them. He said camping was cardinal for athletes' preparations and that it would be an advantage if the budget was approved soon so that adequate preparations were effected. Synonyms fundamental, basic, main, chief, primary, prime, principal, premier, first, leading, capital, paramount, pre-eminent Origin Old English, from Latin cardinalis, from cardo, cardin- ‘hinge’. cardinal (sense 1 of the noun) has arisen through the notion of the important function of such priests as ‘pivots’ of church life.
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