cardinal
n.— «Subcommittee chairmen are sometimes referred to as “cardinals” on Capitol Hill, for the influence they wield.» —“Kingston’s panel axed in changes” by Bob Kemper in Washington, D.C. Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Ga.) Feb. 10, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary...