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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..

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

Eminence :: Eminence (n.) A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church..

Cardinal :: Cardinal (a.) A woman's short cloak with a hood.

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..

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.

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Cardinalship :: Cardinalship (n.) The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal.

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

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

Cardinal :: Cardinal (a.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college..

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

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