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Pope :: Pope (n.) The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal..

Lobelia :: Lobelia (n.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers..

Consistory :: Consistory (n.) An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.

South :: South (n.) That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.

Cardinalize :: Cardinalize (v. t.) To exalt to the office of a cardinal.

East :: East (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west..

Pillar :: Pillar (n.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church..

Conclavist :: Conclavist (n.) One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.

Conclave :: Conclave (n.) The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.

Berretta :: Berretta (n.) A square cap worn by ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green..

Redbird :: Redbird (n.) The cardinal bird.

Wind :: Wind (n.) A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds..

Hinge :: Hinge (n.) That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned..

Purple :: Purple (n.) A cardinalate. See Cardinal.

Hinge :: Hinge (n.) One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south..

Cap :: Cap (n.) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal..

Camerlingo :: Camerlingo (n.) The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.

Protector :: Protector (n.) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc..

Dimension :: Dimension (n.) A literal factor, as numbered in characterizing a term. The term dimensions forms with the cardinal numbers a phrase equivalent to degree with the ordinal; thus, a2b2c is a term of five dimensions, or of the fifth degree..

Decardinalize :: Decardinalize (v. t.) To depose from the rank of cardinal.

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