cardinal

a "prince" of the Catholic Church; cardinals elect the pope. They are usually bishops. They wear scarlet dresses.

Are the St. Louis cardinals named after birds or the "princes" of the Catholic Church?

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SJ

Abbreviation for Society of Jesus, a religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola. Members are called Jesuits.

Teilhard de Chardin, SJ, was a Jesuit scientist.

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tinhorn

A cheap, showy, gambling, unscrupulous shyster of the old American West.

That tinhorn cheated at craps! After him, boys!

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minister

a protestant clergyman

A minister, a priest, and a rabbi walk into a bar...What is this, some kind of joke?

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Red Pope

A nickname for the cardinal who heads the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Used because cardinals wear scarlet robes and the congregation has lots of power in missionary countries.

Cardinal Ivan Dias is the current Red Pope.

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Padre

a Catholic priest; means "Father" in spanish

Really? the San Diego Padres are named after Catholic priests?

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Jebbie

Slang for Jesuit or member of the Society of Jesus.

The Jebbies are the intellectuals of the Catholic Church.

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