One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.

the highest rank in the Church after the Pope.

High ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.

A dignitary of the Roman Church and counsellor of the pope.

Of fundamental importance; preëminent; superior; chief; principal.

the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal.

North, South, East or West directions only.

crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

One of the three Modalities. Cardinal signs are: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn. Cardinal traits are: goal-oriented, purposeful, ambitious, leadership, self-starting, opportunistic, restless when not focused on ambitions.

Outward movement - Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn - enterprising or goal-oriented.

The four basic Elements (Fire, Earth, Air, and Water) can each act in one of three basic ways, or Modes (Cardinal, Fixed, or Mutable). In addition to the above links, the Study Guide Signs of the Zodiac, Houses, and Planetary Rulers shows the Mode and Element of each sign. This seems very complicated at first, but once you have grasped the concept the symbolic language of Astrology can be experienced as an elegant language! Each single symbol or glyph carries so much information.

One of the modalities for expressing elemental energies. The cardinal expression of an element is the initial or beginning phase of that element, its most straightforward or direct expression. It is usually simple and unencumbered, forceful, enthusiastic (though with little "staying power"), a pure representation of an energy-in-itself. The cardinal signs are Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.

of basic importance; main; primary; essential; principal

Latin cardinalis = principal, of primary importance.

Primary presence in the mind, the most recent persona.

In bivalves, situated more or less in the central part of the hinge area directly below the beaks. Elevated process on hinge plate near umbo usually with corresponding socket in opposite valve.

A woman's short cloak with a hood.

seventeenth-century women's hooded shoulder cape.

(early 1700s) hooded cloak of scarlet cloth, resembling the mozetta worn by cardinals.

a woman's short hooded cloak originally of scarlet cloth

Mulled red wine.

a variable color averaging a vivid red

Waterman's designation for its red hard rubber pens and pencils

the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

Cardinal is one of several terms used for the quantification of entity relationships. In general, where a relationship exists between two entities, for each entity we must specify in some manner the minimum and maximum number of occurrences in the entity which take part in that relationship. In some methodologies these quantities are called "connectivity"; in others, "cardinal" means the same thing. PowerDesigner uses Cardinal specifically for the maximum occurences; the minimum is referred to as the relationship's Existence. Relationship Definition dialog box: Cardinal Cardinal in Entity Relationships