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noun
One of the four foundational virtues identified by Greek and Christian philosophers, on which other virtues depend: justice, temperance, prudence, or fortitude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural, often
Topics: Christianity, ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
one of the seven preeminent virtues
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: virtue
Narrower terms: natural virtue, theological virtue, supernatural virtue
History
From Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge (hence applied to that on which something turns or depends), important, principal, chief”).
Across languages
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