"cardinal virtue" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cardinal virtues [plural]
Etymology: See virtue and cardinal, from Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge (hence applied to that on which something turns or depends), important, principal, chief”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|cardinālis||pertaining to a hinge (hence applied to that on which something turns or depends), important, principal, chief}} Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge (hence applied to that on which something turns or depends), important, principal, chief”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cardinal virtue (plural cardinal virtues)
  1. (Christianity, often in the plural) One of the four foundational virtues identified by Greek and Christian philosophers, on which other virtues depend: justice, temperance, prudence, or fortitude. Wikipedia link: cardinal virtue Tags: in-plural, often Categories (topical): Christianity Synonyms: four virtues Translations (one of the four foundational virtues): اَلْفَضَائِل اَلرَّئِيسِيَّة (al-faḍāʔil ar-raʔīsiyya) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), kardinaalihyve (Finnish), vertu cardinale [feminine] (French), suáilcí cairdinéalta [feminine, plural] (Irish), suáilcí bhunúsacha [feminine, plural] (Irish), virtù cardinale [feminine] (Italian), cnota kardynalna [feminine] (Polish)
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