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cardinally

Variant of cardinal

adjective

  1. of main importance; principal; chief
  2. bright-red, like the robe of a cardinal

noun

  1. one of the Roman Catholic officials appointed by the pope to his council ( College of Cardinals)
  2. bright red
  3. a woman's short cloak, originally red and usually hooded, fashionable in the 18th cent.
  4. ☆ any of various passerine birds (family Emberizidae); esp., a bright-red, crested American species (Cardinalis cardinalis) with a red bill
  5. cardinal number

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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