CARDINAL VIRTUE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of the seven preeminent virtues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("cardinal virtue" is a kind of...):

virtue (a particular moral excellence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cardinal virtue"):

natural virtue ((scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature)

supernatural virtue; theological virtue (according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues)

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