Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to:

Animals

Cardinal (bird) Cardinalidae (often referred to as the "cardinal-grosbeaks" or simply the "cardinals") is a family of New World-endemic passerine birds that consists of cardinals, grosbeaks, and buntings. It also includes several birds such as the tanager-like ...

or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''

Cardinalis ''Cardinalis'' is a genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae. There are three species ranging across the Great Lakes region to northern South America. Description They are birds between 19 and 22 cm in length. Its most distinctive char ...

'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **'' Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the common cardinal of eastern North America * ''

Argynnis pandora ''Argynnis pandora'', the cardinal, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is common throughout southern Europe and is also found in northern Africa and the Middle east and then east across the Palearctic to northwestern India. Descript ...

'', a species of butterfly * Cardinal tetra, a freshwater fish * ''

Paroaria ''Paroaria'', the red-headed cardinals or cardinal-tanagers (as they are not close to the Cardinalidae), are a genus of tanagers. They were until recently placed in the family (biology), family Emberizidae. Five or six species are placed here. ...

'', 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 cardinal ( la, Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally 'cardinal of the Holy Roman Church') is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. Cardinals are created by the ruling pope and typically hold the title for life. Col ...

, a senior official of the Catholic Church **Member of the College of Cardinals *

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'', 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) Cardinal is an American indie pop duo founded by musicians Richard Davies and Eric Matthews. The duo was formed in 1992 following Davies' relocation from Australia to the United States, where he met Matthews while both were living in Boston, Mas ...

, indie pop duo formed in 1992 * The Cardinals (rock band), 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), 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'' series * Cardinal, a stormtrooper officer featured in '' Star Wars: Phasma'', a novel by Delilah S. Dawson

Linguistics

* Cardinal numeral, a part of speech for expressing numbers by name * Cardinal vowel, 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. Th ...

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 at ...

, one of the four primary directions: north, south, east, and west * Cardinal mark, 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 Cardinal Power Plant is a 1.8-gigawatt (1,800 MW) coal power plant located south of Brilliant, Ohio in Jefferson County, Ohio. The power plant has three units. Cardinal is co-owned with Unit 1 owned by American Electric Power's (AEP) subsidiary, A ...

, 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) Cardinal is a table grape variety first produced in California in 1939. The grape is a cross of the Königin der Weingärten and Ribier table grapes, according to latest research. In the United States, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia, Franc ...

, 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) West division, and play t ...

, 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 1 ...

, an American football club from Essen, Germany *

Ball State Cardinals The Ball State Cardinals are the athletic teams that represent Ball State University, located in Muncie, Indiana. The Cardinals are part of the NCAA Division I Mid-American Conference. Charlie Cardinal is the team mascot. The Ball State Univers ...

, the athletic teams of Ball State University * Cardenales de Lara, a Venezuelan baseball team *

Catholic University Cardinals The Catholic University of America's intercollegiate sports teams are called the ''Cardinals'' (after the bird northern cardinal), and they compete in the NCAA's Division III. They are members of the Landmark Conference, the New England Women's an ...

, the athletic teams of the Catholic University of America *

Front Royal Cardinals The Front Royal Cardinals are a collegiate summer baseball team in Front Royal, Virginia, USA, playing in the northern division of the Valley Baseball League. They play their home games at Bing Crosby Stadium, which is located within the Warren ...

, 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 & div ...

, the athletic teams of the University of the Incarnate Word *

Lamar Cardinals The Lamar Cardinals and Lady Cardinals (variously Cardinals or Cards) refers to the college athletics teams of Lamar University, in Beaumont, Texas. The Cardinals and Lady Cardinals teams compete in seventeen NCAA Division I sports as a member o ...

, 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 Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...

, the athletic teams of Wesleyan University * West Perth Football Club, an Australian rules football club in Western Australia *

Woking F.C. Woking Football Club is a professional association football club, based in Woking, Surrey, England. Founded in 1887, the club plays its home matches at The Laithwaite Community Stadium and is nicknamed the Cardinals, often shortened to the Card ...

, an English football team

Transport

Aircraft

Cessna 177 Cardinal The Cessna 177 Cardinal is a light single-engine, high-wing general aviation aircraft produced by Cessna. It was intended to replace the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. First announced in 1967, it was produced from 1968 to 1978.Christy, Joe: ''The Complet ...

, a single engine aircraft *

St. Louis Cardinal C-2-110 The St. Louis C2 Cardinal family are a series of light sport monoplanes built by the St. Louis Aircraft Corporation during the peak of the Lindbergh Boom after the Spirit of St. Louis flight of 1927. Design and development The Cardinal shares ...

, 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) Cardinal is a vivid red, which may get its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals (although the color worn by cardinals is scarlet). The cardinal bird also takes its name from the cardinal bishops. The first recorded use of ''car ...

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