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单词 catholic
释义

catholic1

/ˈkaθ(ə)lɪk /
adjective
Including a wide variety of things; all-embracing: her tastes are pretty catholic

Derivatives

catholicity

/kaθəˈlɪsɪti / noun

catholically

adverb

Origin

Late Middle English : from Catholic.

  • This comes via Latin from Greek katholikos ‘universal’, with base elements kata ‘in respect of ’ and holos ‘whole’. The general sense is ‘all-embracing’.

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....
  • Believing in the authenticity of such apparitions is not even a requirement of Catholic faith.
  • Since 1854, the immaculate conception has been an essential dogma of the Catholic faith.
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...
  • One reason, no doubt, was the Oxford Movement and its revival of Catholic practice.
  • Actually they seem to argue more accurately for certain heresies than they do for the Catholic doctrines.
  • Moreover, far from being a heretic, he loyally endorsed the essentials of Catholic doctrine.
noun
A member of the Roman Catholic Church.Under the law of the church, remarried Catholics are prohibited from communion....
  • In such a church, no one could seriously hope to control what Catholics read and hear.
  • Traditionally, Catholics see their church as partner of the state, not part of it.

Origin

Late 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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