英语词汇“catholicon”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

catholic /kathˈ(ə-)lik/

adjective

(with cap) belonging to the Christian Church before the great schism between East and West, or to any church claiming to be historically related to it, esp (after the schism) the Western Church, and (after the Reformation) the Church of Rome (Roman Catholic), but applied also eg to Anglicans

(with cap) relating to the Roman Catholics

Liberal, opp to exclusive

Universal

General, embracing the whole body of Christians

Orthodox, opp to heterodox and sectarian

noun

(with cap) an adherent of the Roman Catholic Church

ORIGIN: Gr katholikos universal, from kata throughout, and holos the whole

catholˈically or catholˈicly adverb

Catholˈicism noun

The tenets of the Roman Catholic Church

(without cap) catholicity (rare)

catholicity /-isˈi-ti/ noun

Universality

Liberality or breadth of view

Catholicism (rare)

catholicizaˈtion or catholicisaˈtion noun

(also with cap)

catholˈicize or catholˈicise transitive verb and intransitive verb

(also with cap) to make or become Catholic

catholˈicon /-kon/ noun

A universal remedy, a panacea
(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