Synonyms for cardinal virtues


Grammar : Noun


Définition of cardinal virtues

  • noun the four virtues in greek philosophy
Example sentences :
  • As Philip once said, she had "bolted all the cardinal virtues and couldn't digest them."
  • Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
  • Even on his death-bed his three cardinal virtues were not absent.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • It isn't filled by good intentions nor even by the cardinal virtues.
  • Extract from : « The Convert » by Elizabeth Robins
  • And prate of spelling and reading as if they were the cardinal virtues?
  • Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The whole is surmounted by statues of saints and the cardinal virtues.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedral Builders » by Leader Scott
  • Bravery, manual strength, and eloquence, were the cardinal virtues.
  • Extract from : « The Indian in his Wigwam » by Henry R. Schoolcraft
  • In this way does Aristotle distribute Plato's four cardinal virtues.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle and Ancient Educational Ideals » by Thomas Davidson
  • The coudes display the four figures of the Cardinal Virtues.
  • Extract from : « Spanish Arms and Armour » by Albert F. Calvert
  • This is one of the cardinal virtues, of which I shall speak later.
  • Extract from : « The Illustrated Key to the Tarot » by L. W. de Laurence
  • In fact, there was the promise in it of every one of the cardinal virtues.
  • Extract from : « Happy Days for Boys and Girls » by Various

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