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Categories: Roman Catholic cardinals, Articles with short description, Religious leadership roles, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Roman Catholic Church offices
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cardinal  Cardinal-Patriarch  Catholic cardinal  Roman Catholic cardinal  Cardeal
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(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes WordNet 3.0
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(Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. Wikipedia
A senior official of the Catholic Church Wikipedia Disambiguation
Senior ecclesiastical official of the Catholic Church Wikidata
A high priest in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church, he can take part in the election of a new pope. OmegaWiki
One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope and the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope. (See Wikipedia article on Catholic cardinals.). Wiktionary