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Zuchetto :: Zuchetto (n.) A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black..

Cardinal :: Cardinal (a.) Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.

Congregation :: Congregation (n.) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church..

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..

Propaganda :: Propaganda (n.) A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions..

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

Divaricator :: Divaricator (n.) One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda.

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

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

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..

North :: North (n.) That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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..

Cardinalate :: Cardinalate (n.) The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal..

Conclave :: Conclave (n.) The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals..

Uncardinal :: Uncardinal (v. t.) To degrade from the cardinalship.

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