cardinal sign

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noun Astrology.

any of the four astrological signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn, that begin at the equinoxes and solstices, thus marking the beginning of the seasons: characterized by the attribute of strong initiative.

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Origin of cardinal sign

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Words nearby cardinal sign

cardinal number, cardinal numbers, cardinal point, cardinal points, cardinals, cardinal sign, cardinal sin, cardinal spider, cardinal symptom, cardinal system, cardinal tetra

How to use cardinal sign in a sentence

They are always suspended over a precipice, dangling by a slender thread that shows every sign of snapping.
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It was hard not to take it as a sign, a personal comment on my own Jewish dating failings.
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If he did, it could be a sign that our politicians are ready to resume genuine policy-making across party lines.
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President Harry Truman kept a sign on his desk that read: “The Buck Stops Here.”
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Even then, most of us doubted he would show up and actually sign the papers allowing him to enter the 1992 New Hampshire primary.
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He thrust the Cardinal's mantle into it, and stood over the smouldering cloth, till the whole was consumed to ashes.
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Before his rencontre with Ripperda at the Cardinal's, he had penetrated all the secrets of the Altheim apartments.
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The Cardinal then hinted, that Wharton had vanished on some occult mission, to circumvent the Italian investiture.
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I saw Cardinal de Giovenozzo this morning; and he tells me that Wharton has disappeared.
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Its continued presence in pulmonary tuberculosis is, however, a grave prognostic sign, even when the physical signs are slight.
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