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Word of the Day – Cardinal

By May 23, 2025Word of the Day

Cardinal (noun)

kah-din-al

RC Church any of the members of the Sacred College, ranking next after the pope, who elect the pope and act as his chief counsellors

A deep scarlet red.

a woman’s hooded shoulder cape worn in the 17th and 18th centuries in the colour now known as cardinal red.</strong)

First recorded around 1525. From the Latin novātiō, meaning “a renewing;” related to the words new and novel.

Example sentences

“He was a high cardinal of the church, and we expected better of him.”

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