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Definition of Cardinal virtue

1. Noun. One of the seven preeminent virtues.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardinal Virtue

Literary usage of Cardinal virtue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"This idea of leadership gives us the third cardinal virtue, called by Plato ... The fourth cardinal virtue stands outside the scheme of the other three, ..."

2. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"Her principal occupations were in the lower regions, and she was on earth the great cardinal virtue. For the Ancients considered, that as Truth or Justice ..."

3. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"Is temperance a cardinal virtue? R. The moderation which is requisite in every virtue is ... And therefore temperance is a primary or cardinal virtue. ..."

4. Correct Social Usage: A Course of Instruction in Good Form, Style and Deportment by George Rippey Stewart (1906)
"The cardinal virtue of the chaperon should be self-forgetfulness. Her own pleasure should be the last thing she thinks of — and this is one reason why a ..."

5. Outlines of a Critical Theory of Ethics by John Dewey (1891)
"Conscientiousness, for example, is a cardinal virtue. It does not have to do with an act ... As a cardinal virtue, it is the constant will to clarify ..."

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