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Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.
W. H. Auden

Meaning of "cardinal sin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CARDINAL SIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARDINAL SIN

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Cardinal sin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CARDINAL SIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cardinal sin

Cardinal Sin or cardinal sin may refer to: ▪ Jaime Sin, former Archbishop of Manila ▪ Seven deadly sins, often called the "cardinal sins" ▪ Mortal sin ▪ Cardinal Sin, a black metal band formed in 1995 ▪ "Cardinal Sin", a song by Black Sabbath from their 1994 album Cross Purposes ▪ "The Cardinal Sin", a song by Dead Can Dance from their 1985 album Spleen and Ideal ▪ The three cardinal sins in Judaism, see Self-sacrifice under Jewish law ▪ The Cardinal Sins, a novel by Andrew M. Greeley...

Definition of cardinal sin in the English dictionary

The definition of cardinal sin in the dictionary is any of the seven deadly sins. Other definition of cardinal sin is an unforgivable error or misjudgment.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARDINAL SIN

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WORDS THAT END LIKE CARDINAL SIN

actual sin
assassin
Banjarmasin
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cousin
first cousin
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live in sin
Mersin
mortal sin
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Tessin
venial sin
wash-hand basin
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Synonyms and antonyms of cardinal sin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cardinal sin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARDINAL SIN

Find out the translation of cardinal sin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cardinal sin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cardinal sin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大罪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pecado capital
570 millions of speakers

English

cardinal sin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कार्डिनल पाप
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الكاردينال الخطيئة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смертный грех
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pecado capital
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অঙ্কবাচক পাপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péché cardinal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dosa kardinal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Todsünde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大罪
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

추기경 죄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dosa kardinal
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Đức Hồng y tội lỗi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கார்டினல் பாவம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुख्य पाप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kardinal sin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cardinale peccato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grzech kardynalny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

смертний гріх
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cardinal păcat
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

προπατορικό αμάρτημα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kardinale sonde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Dödssynden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kardinal synd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cardinal sin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARDINAL SIN»

The term «cardinal sin» is regularly used and occupies the 79.033 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cardinal sin

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3 QUOTES WITH «CARDINAL SIN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cardinal sin.
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W. H. Auden
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.
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Michael Mandelbaum
The cardinal sin in sports, what could really wreck it, is not cheating to win, which has gone on forever, but cheating to lose. That threatens a fundamental aspect of sports' appeal, which is their spontaneity. If games are fixed, they're no different from movies; they're scripted.
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Benmont Tench
If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARDINAL SIN»

Discover the use of cardinal sin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cardinal sin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Cardinal Sin
Amber conquers all of the challenges life throws at her, except the one challenge she wished to conquer the most. This is a story of courage, perseverance and hard work, but most of all of love.
Ava Dey, 2011
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A Cardinal Sin
A. Cardinal. Sin. CHAPTER I. On a beautiful, bright morning of the month of May, 18 — , a young girl of eighteen years or thereabouts, whose pale, melancholy face reflected only too plainly the wretchedness and privations of her daily life, was ...
Eugene Sue, 2007
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Cardinal's Sin: Psychic Defenders Uncover Evil in the Vatican
Magical secrets found in an ancient grimoire ... an insanely vengeful and ambitious Cardinal ... fierce magical storms that take America hostage ... sounds like another case for the Committee!
Raymond Buckland, 1996
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A Cardinal Sin; a Story, by Hugh Conway
Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past.
Frederick Fargus, 2011
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Cardinal Sin
" He had committed the cardinal sin of getting his secretary pregnant, and now he had to pay the priceoffer marriage. Caroline Dennison had committed the cardinal sin of falling in love with her boss.
Margaret Tanner, 2008
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Bishop's Folly&. Cardinal Sin
The remainder of the novel portrays the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual journey that the old man undertakes as he seeks to rationalize both his own life and the souls of the dead whose salvation he has unwillingly ...
John Canter, 2003
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Clouds of Witnesses: Christian Voices from Africa and Asia
From that time until his meeting with Cardinal Sin, the bishop had had no contact with any fellow Catholic and no communication of any sort with the outside world. (He did not even know about the Second Vatican Council.) He had been sent ...
Mark A. Noll, Carolyn Nystrom, 2011
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The Committee Against Evil Book II: Cardinal's Sin
As the Committee gathers every ounce of their psychic talent and courage, they realize that this is the most important fight of their lives -- and that the outcome will influence the fate of the world itself.
Raymond Buckland, 2011
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The Power and the Glory: Inside the Dark Heart of Pope John ...
The Archbishop worked very hard for several years attempting to undermine Cardinal Sin whose crime was his constant attempts to protect ordinary Filipinos from the worst excesses of a brutal regime. When Sin also began to support the ...
David Yallop, 2013
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A Changeless Land: Continuity and Change in Philippine Politics
Cardinal Sin, according to his spokesman, viewed the Aquino-Marcos struggle as "a fight between the forces of good and the forces of evil, a fight between the children of the light and the children of darkness". In such a fight, Sin believed the  ...
David G. Timberman, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARDINAL SIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cardinal sin is used in the context of the following news items.
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10 Creative and Efficient Customer Service Solutions
You don't have to provide all of them (spreading yourself too thin is a cardinal sin for small businesses). But you should have at least one ... «Small Business Trends, Jul 15»
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Is stuffing your face with a $40 Bloody Mary a cardinal sin? If porn is so naughty, then why do so many people watch it? I suppose I'm more ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Judy Murray commits cardinal sin of calling a racket a BAT
Judy put her tennis faux pas behind her as she embraced her daughter-in-law Kim Murray this afternoon ahead of Andy's match against Ivo ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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The Reddit Debacle Has You Irked? This Funny Dog Video Will …
Many complained that the move was premature and what Pao did is equivalent to a Cardinal sin of epic proportions. A petition to sanction the ... «Starpulse.com, Jul 15»
5
'True Detective' Recap: The Buckshot Stops Here
Sing hallelujah if you must, but the fact is that by failing to gun down Farrell for real, this series committed a cardinal sin. «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
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Are religion and science mutually exclusive?
... cardinal sin which he accuses the religious of, namely the practice of basing your entire argument on something which can never be proven. «Hot Air, Jul 15»
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Riots, landmines, Greyhounds and snow... The most bizzare Welsh …
And there's those who had to wait an eternity to be awarded their cap after committing Welsh rugby's cardinal sin of joining the well-trodden ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
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NJPW Dominion 2015 evinces that diverse matches are what helps …
It also never past its summit, which is a huge cardinal sin, since is risks the chance of burning the crowd out quickly. But, they kept the dramatic ... «Cageside Seats, Jul 15»
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Review: 'Terminator 5' proves the franchise needs to be terminated
WASHINGTON — There's a cardinal sin that shouldn't be committed in sequels. The filmmakers should make sure not to alter the story logic of ... «WTOP, Jul 15»
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Wimbledon 2015 and washing powder
It needs to remove stains and also avoid the cardinal sin of letting their kit go a bit grey. While we can't be sure that any Wimbledon champion ... «Which?, Jul 15»

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