单词 | catholic |
释义 | catholic1/ˈkaθ(ə)lɪk /adjective Including a wide variety of things; all-embracing: her tastes are pretty catholic DerivativescatholicitycatholicallyOriginLate Middle English : from Catholic.
catholic2/ˈkaθ(ə)lɪk /adjective 1Of the Roman Catholic faith.The two principles that guided his life and career were a deep Catholic faith and Catalan nationalism....
1.1Of or including all Christians.To the extent this is true, it is a betrayal of the universal and catholic mission of Orthodoxy. 1.2Relating to the historic doctrine and practice of the Western Church: the Church of England must not compromise its Catholic principles...
noun A member of the Roman Catholic Church.Under the law of the church, remarried Catholics are prohibited from communion....
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French catholique or late Latin catholicus, from Greek katholikos 'universal', from kata 'in respect of' + holos 'whole'. |
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