Title: Cardinal Content: Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: == Christianity == * Cardinal (Catholicism), a senior official of the Catholic Church * Cardinal (Church of England), two members of the College of Minor Canons of St. Paul's Cathedral ==Navigation== * Cardinal direction, one of the four primary directions: north, south, east, and west * Cardinal mark, a sea mark used in navigation ==Mathematics== * Cardinal number ** Large cardinal == 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, 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 ==Places== * Cardinal, Manitoba, Canada * Cardinal, Ontario, Canada * Cardinal High School (Middlefield, Ohio), a public high school in Middlefield, Ohio, Geauga County, United States * Cardinal Power Plant, a power plant in Jefferson County, Ohio * Cardinal, Virginia, United States * C/2008 T2 (Cardinal), a comet ==Arts, entertainment, and media== ===Movies=== * Cardinal (movie), a 2001 American movie directed by Michael Harring * Cardinals (movie), a 2017 Canadian movie * The Cardinal (1936 movie), a British historical drama * The Cardinal, a 1963 American movie ===Games=== * Cardinal (chess), a fairy chess piece, also known as the archbishop * Cardinal, a participant in the army drinking game Cardinal Puff ===Music=== ====Groups==== * The Cardinals (rock band), a group formed in 2003 * The Cardinals, a 1950s R&B; group ====Albums==== * Cardinal (Cardinal album), a 1994 album by indie pop duo Cardinal * 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 ==Plants== * Cardinal (grape), a table grape first produced in California in 1939 * Lobelia cardinalis, also known as "cardinal flower" ==Businesses== * Cardinal Brewery, a brewery founded in 1788 by François Piller, in Fribourg, Switzerland * Cardinal Health, a health care services company ==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 * 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 * 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 ===Trains=== * Cardinal (train) * The Cardinal (railcar) ==Linguistics== * Cardinal number (linguistics), a part of speech for expressing numbers by name * Cardinal vowel, a concept in phonetics ==Other uses== * Cardinal (color), a vivid red * Cardinal (name), a surname * Cardinal, a Ruby programming language implementation using for the Parrot virtual machine