Cardinal and World

Cardinal

Cardinal adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

World and cardinal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "World" instead an adjective "Cardinal".

Nearby Words: cardinally, cardinality

World

World adjective - Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope.

Cardinal and world are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cardinal" instead an adjective "World".

Nearby Words: worldly, worldling

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Rough Draft When asked by the protagonist, a cardinal explains that, in their world, instead of 147 guards giving their lives for Pope Clement VII (there are no Popes in this world), Carmelite nuns saved the six cardinals of the Conclave.
  • Literature / The Drawing of the Three This one may be justified in-universe - the world has "moved on," and things are off-kilter, including the cardinal directions.
  • Garden of Evil Exalted has a world map where each cardinal direction is ruled by a certain element.
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