cardinal

C6477
concept

A cardinal is a high-ranking official in the Catholic Church, appointed by the Pope, who advises him and participates in the election of a new pope.

All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
cardinal canonical 131
Roman Catholic cardinal 32
Italian cardinal 11

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: cardinal
Generated description
A cardinal is a high-ranking official in the Catholic Church, appointed by the Pope, who advises him and participates in the election of a new pope.

Instances (179)

Instance Via concept surface
Cardinal-Priest of San Cecilia cardinal-priest
Cardinal Jean Lemoine
surface form: Jean Lemoine
Robert Breakspear Roman Catholic cardinal
John McCloskey
Ruffo
surface form: Fabrizio Ruffo
Italian cardinal
Luis Antonio Jaime de Borbón y Farnesio
Louis René Édouard de Rohan
Joseph Elmer Ritter
Justin Francis Rigali
Pehm
surface form: József Pehm
Emilio Bonaventura Altieri Roman Catholic cardinal
Pope Pius III
John Albert
surface form: John Albert Vasa
Felici
surface form: Pericle Felici
Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine cardinal-deacon
Cardinal Pietro Bembo
surface form: Pietro Bembo
Conti family
surface form: Giovanni dei Conti
Jaime Lachica Sin Roman Catholic cardinal
House of Cesi
surface form: Paolo Emilio Cesi
Italian cardinal
House of Albani
surface form: Cardinal Annibale Albani
Philip of Alençon
Simon de Brion
Henry I of Portugal
Cardinal Granvelle Roman Catholic cardinal
Cardinal protodeacon Jean-Louis Tauran
surface form: Jean-Louis Tauran
Pacini
surface form: Alfredo Pacini
Rudolph Johann Joseph Rainer
Rudolph
Herbert Vaughan Roman Catholic cardinal