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 The northern cardinal (''Cardinalis cardinalis'') is a bird in the genus ''Cardinalis''; it is also known colloquially as the redbird, common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal (which was its name prior to 1985). It can be found in southea ...

'', 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 The cardinal tetra (''Paracheirodon axelrodi'') is a freshwater fish of the family Characidae of order Characiformes. It is native to the upper Orinoco and Negro Rivers in South America. Growing to about total length, the cardinal tetra has ...

, 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 Cardinal Health, Inc. is an American multinational health care services company, and the 14th highest revenue generating company in the United States. Its headquarters are in Dublin, Ohio and Dublin, Ireland (EMEA). The company specializes in th ...

, 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 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 appoi ...

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 Robi ...

'', a 1963 American film

Games

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

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) 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 create ...

, 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 Kirito (Sword Art Online), Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya and Asuna (Sword Art On ...

'' 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 ndforty ...

, 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. 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 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, th ...

, a sea mark used in navigation

Places

* Cardinal, Manitoba, Canada * Cardinal, Ontario, Canada *

Cardinal High School (Middlefield, Ohio) Cardinal High School is a public high school in Middlefield, Ohio, United States. Students come from Middlefield village, Middlefield township, and the townships of Parkman and Huntsburg. Athletics Ohio High School Athletic Association State C ...

, a public high school in Middlefield, Ohio, Geauga County, United States * Cardinal Mountain, 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, 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 ''Lobelia cardinalis'', the cardinal flower ( syn. ''L. fulgens''), is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae native to the Americas, from southeastern Canada south through the eastern and southwestern United States ...

'', 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 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, an ...

, 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 Mapúa Cardinals are the varsity sports teams of Mapúa University that play in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines). The Mapúa Cardinals holds the NCAA record for the most General Championships in the seniors' divi ...

, the athletic teams of Mapúa Institute of Technology *

North Central Cardinals North Central College is a private college in Naperville, Illinois. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and has nearly 70 areas of study in undergraduate majors, minors, and programs through 19 academic departments organized in thre ...

, the athletic teams of North Central College * St. John Fisher Cardinals, the athletic teams of St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY *

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals hav ...

, 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 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 exis ...

, 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, 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) Cardinal is one of the most common surnames among aboriginal people in Canada (primarily Cree and Métis). It originated as a French name and came to New France and was part of the North American fur trade by the 1680s. In the 1780s, a small grou ...

, a surname * Cardinal, a Ruby programming language implementation using for the Parrot virtual machine