Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to:

Animals

* Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **'' Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **'' Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the common cardinal of eastern North America * '' Argynnis pandora'', a species of butterfly * Cardinal tetra, a freshwater fish * '' Paroaria'', a South American genus of birds, called red-headed cardinals or cardinal-tanagers

Businesses

Cardinal Brewery Cardinal is a Swiss brand of beer and a former brewery founded in 1788 by François Piller, located in Fribourg. The brewery was acquired by Feldschlösschen in 1991, which itself was acquired by the Carlsberg Group in 2000. The brewery in F ...

, a brewery founded in 1788 by François Piller, located in Fribourg, Switzerland * Cardinal Health, a health care services company

Christianity

* Cardinal (Catholic Church), a senior official of the Catholic Church **Member of the

College of Cardinals The College of Cardinals, or more formally the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church. its current membership is , of whom are eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope. Cardinals are appo ...

Cardinal (Church of England) __NOTOC__ The Minor Canons of St Paul's Cathedral, London, whose origins predate the Norman conquest of England, unusually were independent of the senior canons and, as priests, of higher status than the lay vicars choral. Medieval Hereford furnis ...

, either of two members of the College of Minor Canons of St. Paul's Cathedral

Entertainment

Films

* ''Cardinals'' (film), a 2017 Canadian film * ''The Cardinal'' (1936 film), a British historical drama * ''

The Cardinal ''The Cardinal'' is a 1963 American drama film produced independently, directed by Otto Preminger and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was written by Robert Dozier, based on the novel of the same name (1950) by Henry Morton Rob ...

'', a 1963 American film

Games

Cardinal (chess) The princess is a fairy chess piece that can move like a bishop or a knight. It cannot jump over other pieces when moving as a bishop but may do so when moving as a knight. The piece has acquired many names and is frequently called archbishop or ...

, a fairy chess piece, also known as the archbishop * Cardinal, a participant in the army drinking game

Cardinal Puff "Fallen Idol" is the thirteenth and final episode of the fourth series of the British comedy series ''Dad's Army''. It was originally transmitted on Friday 18 December 1970. Synopsis Mainwaring has always epitomised the principle of military so ...

Music

Groups

* Cardinal (band), indie pop duo formed in 1992 *

The Cardinals (rock band) The Cardinals were an American R&B group of the 1950s. Sharing a legacy with the Orioles, The Cardinals are remembered as one of the best R&B ballad acts to come out of Baltimore. Origins The Cardinals’ career began in 1946 (one year before ...

, a group formed in 2003 *

The Cardinals The Cardinals were an American R&B group of the 1950s. Sharing a legacy with the Orioles, The Cardinals are remembered as one of the best R&B ballad acts to come out of Baltimore. Origins The Cardinals’ career began in 1946 (one year before ...

, a 1950s R&B group

Albums

* ''Cardinal'' (Cardinal album), 1994 * ''Cardinal'' (Pinegrove album), 2016

Television

* ''Cardinal'' (TV series), a 2017 Canadian television series * "Cardinal" (''The Americans''), the second episode of the second season of the television series ''The Americans''

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Cardinal (comics) Cardinal (also known as Harrier) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is African American. Publication history Cardinal first appeared in ''New Warriors'' #28 and was created ...

, a supervillain appearing in Marvel Comics * ''The Cardinal'' (play), a 1641 Caroline era tragedy by James Shirley * The Cardinal System, a system appearing in the ''

Sword Art Online is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec. The series takes place in the then-near future and focuses on protagonists Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya and Asuna Yuuki as they play through various virt ...

'' series * Cardinal, a stormtrooper officer featured in '' Star Wars: Phasma'', a novel by Delilah S. Dawson

Linguistics

Cardinal numeral In linguistics, and more precisely in traditional grammar, a cardinal numeral (or cardinal number word) is a part of speech used to count. Examples in English are the words ''one'', ''two'', ''three'', and the compounds ''three hundred ndfor ...

, a part of speech for expressing numbers by name *

Cardinal vowel Cardinal vowels are a set of reference vowels used by phoneticians in describing the sounds of languages. They are classified depending on the position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth, how far forward or back is the highest po ...

, a concept in phonetics

Mathematics

Cardinal number In mathematics, cardinal numbers, or cardinals for short, are a generalization of the natural numbers used to measure the cardinality (size) of sets. The cardinality of a finite set is a natural number: the number of elements in the set. T ...

Large cardinal In the mathematical field of set theory, a large cardinal property is a certain kind of property of transfinite cardinal numbers. Cardinals with such properties are, as the name suggests, generally very "large" (for example, bigger than the least ...

Navigation

Cardinal direction The four cardinal directions, or cardinal points, are the four main compass directions: north, east, south, and west, commonly denoted by their initials N, E, S, and W respectively. Relative to north, the directions east, south, and west are a ...

, one of the four primary directions: north, south, east, and west *

Cardinal mark Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **'' Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **'' Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, ...

, a sea mark used in navigation

Places

Cardinal, Manitoba Cardinal is an unincorporated community located in the Municipality of Lorne in south central Manitoba, Canada. It is located approximately 110 kilometers (68 miles) southwest of Winnipeg, on the west side of Provincial Road 244. See also *Im ...

, Canada * Cardinal, Ontario, Canada * Cardinal High School (Middlefield, Ohio), a public high school in Middlefield, Ohio, Geauga County, United States *

Cardinal Mountain Cardinal Mountain is a 13,396-foot-elevation (4,083 meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in northern California. It is situated on the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County, as well as the share ...

, a summit in California * Cardinal Power Plant, a power plant in Jefferson County, Ohio *

Cardinal, Virginia Cardinal is an unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia, United States. Cardinal is west-southwest of Mathews. Cardinal has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as a ...

, United States * C/2008 T2 (Cardinal), a comet

Plants

* Cardinal (grape), a table grape first produced in California in 1939 * '' Lobelia cardinalis'', also known as "cardinal flower"

Sports

Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC West, West division, an ...

, an American professional football team *

Assindia Cardinals The Assindia Cardinals are an American football team from Essen, Germany. Assindia is the Latin name for Essen. As its greatest success, the club has finished in third place in the northern division of the ''American Football Bundesliga'' in ...

, an American football club from Essen, Germany * Ball State Cardinals, the athletic teams of Ball State University *

Cardenales de Lara The Cardenales de Lara ( en, Lara Cardinals) is a baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. Founded in 1942 and based in Barquisimeto, the ''Cardenales'' have won six domestic titles, including back-to-back in 1998 and 1999 ...

, a Venezuelan baseball team * Catholic University Cardinals, the athletic teams of the Catholic University of America * Front Royal Cardinals, an American baseball team *

Incarnate Word Cardinals The Incarnate Word Cardinals, also known as UIW Cardinals, are composed of 23 teams representing the University of the Incarnate Word in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming & di ...

, the athletic teams of the University of the Incarnate Word * Lamar Cardinals, the athletic teams of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, USA *

Louisville Cardinals The Louisville Cardinals (also known as the Cards) are the NCAA athletic teams representing the University of Louisville. The Cardinals teams play in the Atlantic Coast Conference, beginning in the 2014 season. While playing in the Big East Co ...

, the athletic teams of University of Louisville * Mapúa Cardinals, the athletic teams of Mapúa Institute of Technology * North Central Cardinals, the athletic teams of North Central College *

St. John Fisher Cardinals St. John Fisher University is a private liberal arts college in Pittsford, New York. It is named after John Fisher, an English Catholic cardinal and saint. It was named St. John Fisher College until July 1, 2022. History St. John Fisher Univ ...

, the athletic teams of St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY * St. Louis Cardinals, an American professional baseball team *

Stanford Cardinal The Stanford Cardinal are the athletic teams that represent Stanford University. As of June, 2022, Stanford's program has won 131 NCAA team championships. Stanford has won at least one NCAA team championship each academic year for 46 consecutive ...

, the athletic teams of Stanford University; named for the color but not the bird * Wesleyan Cardinals, the athletic teams of Wesleyan University *

West Perth Football Club The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia. West Perth competes in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW) and is the oldest e ...

, an Australian rules football club in Western Australia * Woking F.C., an English football team

Transport

Aircraft

* Cessna 177 Cardinal, a single engine aircraft * St. Louis Cardinal C-2-110, a light aircraft built in 1928 *

NCSIST Cardinal The Cardinal, is a family of small unmanned aerial vehicles made by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology. Variants Cardinal I The Cardinal I was the initial prototype of the Cardinal. Cardinal II The Cardinal II began dev ...

, a family of small UAVs

Trains

* ''Cardinal'' (train) * ''The Cardinal'' (railcar)

Other uses

* Cardinal (color), a vivid red * Cardinal (name), a surname * Cardinal, a Ruby programming language implementation using for the Parrot virtual machine