non-Catholicn.adj.

1788 T. Jefferson Let. 5 Feb. in Papers (1955) XII. 564 The edict in favor of the non-catholics has at length passed.

1793 E. Burke Remarks Policy Allies in Wks. (1821) VII. 178 His toleration was granted to non-catholicks—a dangerous word, which might signify any thing.

1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty iv. 154 What do Protestants think of these perfectly sincere feelings, and of the attempt to enforce them against non-Catholics?

1932 Extension Mag. Feb. 34/1 Marriage between a Catholic and an unbaptized non-Catholic is valid if the proper dispensation, namely, for disparity of cult, was granted.

1971 J. C. Heenan Not Whole Truth i. 12 His church was half-filled every Monday evening with enquirers who came to hear his talks to non-Catholics.

1994 Aquinas Rev. 1 1 Most Catholics agree with most non-Catholics that the scholastic philosophy..has been wholly discredited by modern science.

1823 C. Butler Contin. Butler's Lives Saints App. p. lxii Their anti-christian and non-catholic adversaries.

1867 F. Oakeley in H. E. Manning Ess. Relig. & Lit. 2nd Ser. 130 The world persists in thinking that the Catholic and non-Catholic ideas are in diametrical opposition.

1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 585/2 In countries where the majority of the population is non-Catholic..the priests having charge of souls are not inducted into parishes, but stationed on missions.

1936 T. S. Eliot Ess. Anc. & Mod. 132 There may always be schemes, initiated by non-Christian and non-Catholic minds..to which we can give unqualified support.

1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xlii. 35 To recall many abusive terms for non-Catholic Christians.

1992 A. Gore Earth in Balance xv. 316 Furthermore, Catholic countries and non-Catholic countries with similar social conditions have identical rates of contraception use and population growth.