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uncardinal

uncardinal verb: to remove from the cardinalship; to remove from the position of cardinal.

Verb

uncardinal (third-person singular simple present uncardinals, present participle (US) uncardinaling or (UK) uncardinalling, simple past and past participle (US) uncardinaled or (UK) uncardinalled)

  1. (rare) To remove from the cardinalship; to remove from the position of cardinal.
    • he quickly got a dispensation to uncardinal himself1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC

Forms of uncardinal

third-person singular presentuncardinals
present participle USuncardinaling
present participle UKuncardinalling
past participle USuncardinaled
past USuncardinaled
past participle UKuncardinalled
past UKuncardinalled

Origin of uncardinal

From un- + cardinal.

Questions about uncardinal

What does uncardinal mean?
Uncardinal means to remove from the cardinalship; to remove from the position of cardinal.
What part of speech is uncardinal?
Uncardinal is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncardinal?
The past tense of uncardinal is uncardinaled.

Words near uncardinal in the dictionary

  1. uncarboxylated
  2. uncarbureted
  3. uncarburetted
  4. uncarcinogenic
  5. uncarded
  6. uncardinal
  7. uncardinaled
  8. uncardinaling
  9. uncardinalled
  10. uncardinalling
  11. uncardinals

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