Cardinal or The Cardinal most commonly refers to *

Cardinalidae Cardinalidae (sometimes referred to as "cardinal-grosbeaks" or simply "cardinals") is a family of New World-Endemism, endemic passerine birds that consists of Cardinalis, cardinals, grosbeaks, and Passerina, buntings. It also includes several ot ...

, a family of North and South American birds **'' Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae ***

Northern cardinal The northern cardinal (''Cardinalis cardinalis''), also commonly known as the common cardinal, red cardinal, or simply cardinal, is a bird in the genus ''Cardinalis''. It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States fro ...

, ''Cardinalis cardinalis'', the common cardinal of eastern North America *** Pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal, ''Cardinalis sinuatus'', found in southwest North America *** Vermilion cardinal, ''Cardinalis phoeniceus'', found in Colombia and Venezuela *

Cardinal (Catholic Church) A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. ...

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

College of Cardinals The College of Cardinals (), also called the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church. there are cardinals, of whom are eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope. Appointed by the pope, ...

* Cardinal Health, a health care services company *

Cardinal number In mathematics, a cardinal number, or cardinal for short, is what is commonly called the number of elements of a set. In the case of a finite set, its cardinal number, or cardinality is therefore a natural number. For dealing with the cas ...

** Large cardinal *

Cardinal direction The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the four main compass directions: north (N), south (S), east (E), and west (W). The corresponding azimuths ( clockwise horizontal angle from north) are 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270°. The ...

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

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. The ...

, an American professional football team * St. Louis Cardinals, an American professional baseball team Cardinal or The Cardinal may also refer to:

Animals

Birds

In addition to the aforementioned cardinalids: * '' Paroaria'', a South American genus of birds in the family Thraupidae commonly called red-headed cardinals or cardinal-tanagers * Yellow cardinal, ''Gubernatrix cristata'' a South American bird in the family Thraupidae

Other animals

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

Businesses

* Cardinal Brewery, a brewery founded in 1788 by François Piller, located in Fribourg, Switzerland *

Cardinal Technologies Cardinal Technologies, Inc., was an American computer company originally based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, that primarily manufactured modems for personal computers, among other peripherals. History Cardinal Technologies was founded in February ...

, a defunct modem manufacturer (1987–1997)

Christianity

* Cardinal (Church of England), either of two members of the College of Minor Canons of St. Paul's Cathedral *

a senior member of the Catholic Church.

Entertainment

Films

* ''Cardinals'', a 2017 Canadian film * ''The Cardinal'', a 1936 British historical drama * '' The Cardinal'', 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), 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" (''The Americans''), the second episode of the second season of the television series ''The Americans'' * ''Cardinal'' (TV series), a 2017 Canadian television series

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* Cardinal (comics), a supervillain appearing in Marvel Comics * ''The Cardinal'' (1641 play), a Caroline era tragedy by James Shirley * ''The Cardinal'' (1901 play), a historical play by the British writer Louis N. Parker * 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 2020s and focuses on protagonists Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya and Asuna Yuuki as they play through various virtual re ...

'' 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 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 p ...

, a concept in phonetics

Mathematics

* Cardinal voting

Navigation

* Cardinal mark, a sea mark used in navigation

Places

* Cardinal, Manitoba, Canada * Cardinal, Ontario, Canada * Cardinal High School (Middlefield, Ohio), a public high school in Middlefield, Ohio, Geauga County, United States * Cardinal Mountain, a summit in California * Cardinal Power Plant, a power plant in Jefferson County, Ohio * Cardinal, Virginia, 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

* 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 University * 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 * 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) * ''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