…a leading dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinals are nominated by the Pope, and form the Sacred College which elects succeeding popes (now invariably from among their own number)…
…a deep scarlet colour like that of a cardinal’s cassock…
…a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas around reefs. The male often broods the eggs in his mouth…
…a mainly bright red beetle with feathery or comb-like antennae, which typically lives under loose bark…
…a number denoting quantity (one, two, three, etc.), as opposed to an ordinal number (first, second, third, etc.)…
…each of the four main points of the compass (north, south, east, and west)…
…each of the chief moral attributes of scholastic philosophy: justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude…
…each of a series of vowel sounds used as a standard reference point to assist in the description and classification of vowel sounds in any language…
…each of the four chief fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, yellow bile (choler), and black bile (melancholy)) that were thought to determine a person’s physical and mental qualities by the relative proportions in which they were present…
…(1585–1642), French cardinal and statesman; born Armand Jean du Plessis; known as Cardinal Richelieu. As chief minister of Louis XIII (1624–42) he dominated French government. In 1635 he established the Académie française…
…(circa 1474–1530), English churchman and statesman; known as Cardinal Wolsey. Wolsey dominated foreign and domestic policy in the early part of Henry VIII’s reign, but incurred royal displeasure through his failure to secure the papal dispensation necessary for Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon. He was arrested on a charge of treason and died on his way to trial…
…(circa 1474–1530), English churchman and statesman; known as Cardinal Wolsey. Wolsey dominated foreign and domestic policy in the early part of Henry VIII’s reign, but incurred royal displeasure through his failure to secure the papal dispensation necessary for Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon. He was arrested on a charge of treason and died on his way to trial…
…(1585–1642), French cardinal and statesman; born Armand Jean du Plessis; known as Cardinal Richelieu. As chief minister of Louis XIII (1624–42) he dominated French government. In 1635 he established the Académie française…
…(circa 1476–1507), Italian statesman, cardinal, and general. The illegitimate son of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (later Pope Alexander VI) and brother of Lucrezia Borgia, he was captain general of the papal army from 1499, and became master of a large portion of central Italy…
…a New World songbird of the bunting family, having a stout bill and typically a conspicuous crest. The male is partly or mostly red in colour…
