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Cardinal

• In mathematics, cardinal is short for cardinal number.

• In Catholicism, a cardinal is a prince of the Church; cardinals are appointed by the Pope and collectively elect the next Pope if they are under the age of eighty at the time of the election. See Cardinal (Catholicism).

• Cardinal (color) is a bright red color like the color of the robe of a cardinal.

• In ornithology, a cardinal is a songbird of the family Cardinalidae or more often the genus Cardinalis, in North America especially the Northern Cardinal, C. cardinalis. Males of this species are cardinal red, hence the name.

• In sports, the Cardinals are:
• A baseball team in St. Louis, Missouri (see St. Louis Cardinals).
• An American football team in Arizona (see Arizona Cardinals).
• The mascot for the Kentucky based University of Louisville intercollegiate sports teams.
• The mascot for the South Carolina based Landrum High School intercollegiate sports teams.
• Furthermore, the Cardinal (singular, referring to the color) is the mascot for teams from Stanford University, California (see Stanford Cardinal).

• Cardinal is a Swiss beer brand.

• Douglas J Cardinal is a renowned Canadian architect.

• The Cardinal was a named passenger train operated by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad between Chicago, IL and St. Louis, MO.

• Cardinal, Ontario
• Cardinal, a settlement in Mathews County, Virginia

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