cardinals

Cultural  

1. A group of prominent bishops of the Roman Catholic Church who advise the pope and elect new popes.

---

Example Sentences

“We now have quite a few bishops and cardinals coming out and being present, which is very important. As far as our archdiocese is concerned — not so much.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Nestlé has too often been a college of cardinals.”

From The Wall Street Journal

It was for similar reasons that cardinals of different persuasions were thought to have coalesced around him at conclave.

From BBC

She knows the neighborhood visitors — a pair of cardinals, for instance — and frets about them when we’re away.

From Salon

Six months since a conclave of cardinals elected the first North American to the Papacy, some Catholics feel that Leo has been slow to stamp his own mark on the role.

From BBC