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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cath•o•lic /ˈkæθəlɪk, ˈkæθlɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - having a wide range;
including most or all: catholic interests.
Cath•o•lic /ˈkæθəlɪk, ˈkæθlɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - Religionof, relating to, or belonging to the Roman Catholic Church.
n. [countable] - Religiona member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Ca•thol•i•cism /kəˈθɑləˌsɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cath•o•lic (kath′ə lik, kath′lik),USA pronunciation adj. - broad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like; having sympathies with all;
broad-minded;
liberal. - universal in extent;
involving all;
of interest to all. - Religionpertaining to the whole Christian body or church.
- Greek katholikós general, equivalent. to kathól(ou) universally (contraction of phrase katà hólou according to the whole; see cata-, holo-) + -ikos -ic
- Latin catholicus
- Middle English 1300–1350
- Religionof or pertaining to a Catholic church, esp. the Roman Catholic Church.
- Religion[Theol.]
- (among Roman Catholics) claiming to possess exclusively the notes or characteristics of the one, only, true, and universal church having unity, visibility, indefectibility, apostolic succession, universality, and sanctity: used in this sense, with these qualifications, only by the Church of Rome, as applicable only to itself and its adherents and to their faith and organization;
often qualified, especially by those not acknowledging these claims, by prefixing the word Roman. - (among Anglo-Catholics) noting or pertaining to the conception of the church as the body representing the ancient undivided Christian witness, comprising all the orthodox churches that have kept the apostolic succession of bishops, and including the Anglican Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Church of Sweden, the Old Catholic Church (in the Netherlands and elsewhere), etc.
- Religionpertaining to the Western Church.
n. - Religiona member of a Catholic church, esp. of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 1300–50; Middle English; special uses of catholic
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