cardinal virtue

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Etymology

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See virtue and cardinal, from Latin cardinālis (pertaining to a hinge (hence applied to that on which something turns or depends), important, principal, chief).

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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.
    Synonym: four virtues
    Hypernym: heavenly virtues (Catholicism, less common)

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