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'', 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 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), indie pop duo formed in 1992 * The Cardinals (rock band), a group formed in 2003 * The Cardinals, 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 **

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, 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, an American professional football team * Assindia Cardinals, an American football club from Essen, Germany * Ball State Cardinals, the athletic teams of Ball State University * Cardenales de Lara, 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 athletic teams of the University of the Incarnate Word * Lamar Cardinals, the athletic teams of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, USA * Louisville Cardinals, 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, the athletic teams of St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY * St. Louis Cardinals, an American professional baseball team * Stanford Cardinal, 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, 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, a family of small UAVs

Trains

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

Other uses

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