cardinals
Conclave voting members
Cardinals are high-ranking officials in the Roman Catholic Church, second only to the pope and responsible for electing new popes.
The word also refers to bright red songbirds native to the Americas, named for their color resembling the red robes worn by church cardinals.
In mathematics, cardinal numbers indicate quantity—one, two, three—as opposed to ordinal numbers indicating position.
The cardinals gathered in Rome for the conclave. (Capitalized Cardinals refers to sports teams.)
Catholic Church's supreme leader
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
- dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
- papacyPope's office and authority
conclave · college · red hat · ecclesiastic · catholic · priesthood · monsignor · canon
pope
Catholic Church's supreme leader
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
- dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
papacy · conclave · college · red hat · ecclesiastic · catholic · priesthood · monsignor · canon · vestments
redbird
Crimson-plumaged songbird
- songbirdMelodious perching avian
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
nesting · perching · chirping · beak · crest · backyard · birdwatcher · avian · ornithology · winged
counting
Determining quantity sequentially
four · five · six · seven · eight · nine · ten · ordinal · quantity · arithmetic
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
- papacypontiff, Pope, pope, Holy See, papal election
- American Catholicismarchdiocese, parish council, archdioceses, Catholic school, Catholic schools
- Belgian Catholicismabbeys, archdioceses, bishoprics, convents, dioceses
- medieval churchabbeys, abbey, abbot, abbots, abbess
- Papal Conclaveconclave, papal conclave, papal election, white smoke, black smoke
cardinalslaity
Non-ordained church members
laypeople · laymen · laywomen · parishioners · congregants
- cardinal sinsSeven chief moral failings
- cardinal directionsPrimary navigational bearings
- cardinal ruleEssential governing principle
- cardinal pointsFour primary compass bearings
- cardinal signZodiac sign starting seasons
- cardinal virtuesFour foundational ethical qualities