Definition of "cardinals" []

• Plural form of cardinal. (noun)

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• "Wuerl and Burke will join 11 other Americans among the 121 cardinals who are eligible to participate in a papal election; six other retired cardinals from the U.S. lost their voting rights when they turned 80."
• ""The personal involvement of bishops and cardinals is significantly greater this time than in 2004," said Patrick Korten, a spokesman for the Knights of Columbus, a lay Catholic group."
• "The closer Cardinal Ratzinger drew to the papacy, the more determined to oppose him certain cardinals grew."