catholˈicize or catholˈicise transitive verb and intransitive verb

(also with cap) to make or become Catholic

catholˈicon /-kon/ noun

1. A universal remedy, a panacea
2. (sometimes with cap) a comprehensive work, eg an encyclopaedic dictionary

Catholˈicos noun (pl Catholicōˈses /-ēz/ or Catholˈicoi /-oi/)

The Patriarch of Armenia

Catholic (and) Apostolic Church noun

A body formed in England about 1835, having an elaborate, symbolic ritual and a complex ecclesiastical hierarchy, and emphasizing the existence in the present day of miracles and prophecy, and the imminent second coming of Christ

catholic creditor noun (Scots law)

A creditor whose debt is secured over two or more subjects belonging to the debtor, eg over two or more heritable estates

Catholic emancipation noun

The relief of the Roman Catholics from certain vexatious penal regulations and restrictions, granted in 1829

catholic epistles or general epistles plural noun

Certain epistles in the canon addressed to the Church universal or to a large and indefinite circle of readers

Catholic King noun (historical)

A title given to the king of Spain

German Catholics

A body that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in Germany in 1844 on the occasion of the exhibition of the Holy Coat at Trier

Old Catholics

A body that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in Germany in opposition to the dogma of papal infallibility proclaimed by the Vatican Council in 1870