单词 | catholic |
释义 | catholic —catholically, catholicly /keuh thol"ik lee/, adv. —catholicalness, catholicness, n. /kath"euh lik, kath"lik/, adj. 1. broad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like; having sympathies with all; broad-minded; liberal. 2. universal in extent; involving all; of interest to all. 3. pertaining to the whole Christian body or church. [1300-1350; ME < L catholicus < Gk katholikós general, equiv. to kathól(ou) universally (contr. of phrase katà hólou according to the whole; see CATA-, HOLO-) + -ikos -IC] |
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