Cardinal
Cardinal adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Needed and cardinal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Needed" instead an adjective "Cardinal".
Nearby Words: cardinally, cardinality
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- Obviously to become Pope he'd have needed to spend years working his way up to cardinal.
Source: Creator / Robert Silverberg -
Presumably to become Pope he'd have needed to spend years working his way up to cardinal.
Source: Religious Robot -
As all full versions of the Cardinal systems were designed to be self-sufficient, with minimum input needed from a human game master, including fixing bugs and glitches, automatically adding quests and updates, Yui likewise has access to a number of features her self.
Source: Light Novel / Sword Art Online
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