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  • noun Plural form of cardinal.

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Examples

  • Wuerl and Burke will join 11 other Americans among the 121 cardinals who are eligible to participate in a papal election; six other retired cardinals from the U.S. lost their voting rights when they turned 80.

    Pope Names Two Americans Among 24 New Cardinals Josh Fleet 2010

  • Wuerl and Burke will join 11 other Americans among the 121 cardinals who are eligible to participate in a papal election; six other retired cardinals from the U.S. lost their voting rights when they turned 80.

    Pope Names Two Americans Among 24 New Cardinals Josh Fleet 2010

  • The closer Cardinal Ratzinger drew to the papacy, the more determined to oppose him certain cardinals grew.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

  • The closer Cardinal Ratzinger drew to the papacy, the more determined to oppose him certain cardinals grew.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

  • "The personal involvement of bishops and cardinals is significantly greater this time than in 2004," said Patrick Korten, a spokesman for the Knights of Columbus, a lay Catholic group.

    April 2006 2006

  • African, Asian and Latin American cardinals -- who may have formed a substantial part of the coalition that elected him -- describe him as having been the best listener in the Roman Curia, an environment that too often treats senior churchmen from south of the equator as children.

    PERSPECTIVE: THE REAL BENEDICT 2007

  • S. O'BRIEN: Well, don't Latin American cardinals make up 40 percent of the cardinals?

    CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2005 2005

  • Several Latin American cardinals are also frequently cited.

    THE NEWS BLOG 2005

  • In the papal election of 1978 the Polish candidate won the support of Latin American cardinals, who were not prepared to accept yet another Western European.

    The Next Christianity 2002

  • In the papal election of 1978 the Polish candidate won the support of Latin American cardinals, who were not prepared to accept yet another Western European.

    The Next Christianity 2002

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