Meaning of Catholic | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from e.g. the Orthodox church
2. A member of a Catholic (western Christian) church.
3. Universal; all-encompassing
4. A member of a Catholic church, especially a Roman Catholic.
5. Of the Roman Catholic church in particular
6. A member of the Roman Catholic Church (which is also elliptically called the Catholic Church).
   ellipsis, often
7. So pervasive and all-inclusive as to exist in or affect the whole world:cosmic, cosmopolitan, ecumenical, global, pandemic, planetary, universal, worldwide.
8. Alternative letter-case form of catholic
9. Common or prevalent; especially universally prevalent
10. (with capital) a Roman Catholic. katolilainen katholiek رومان كاتوليك นิกายโรมันคาทอลิก 天主教徒 天主教徒
    with capital
11. A member of a Catholic (western Christian) church
12. Embracing all
13. Roman Catholicism. Katolisisme الكاثوليكيه католицизъм Catolicismo katolicismus der Katholizismus katolicisme καθολικισμόςcatolicismo katoliiklus مذهب کاتولیک roomalaiskatolisuus catholicismeקתוליות रोमन कैथलिक मत katolicizam katolicizmus agama Katolik kaþólska cattolicesimo カトリック教 카톨릭교 katalikybė katoļticība, katolicisms berkaitan Katolik Roman katholicismekatolisismekatolicyzm د کاتولیک مذهب Catolicismo catolicism католичество katolicizmus katolicizem katoličanstvo katolicism ศรัทธาและการปฏ...
14. A member of the Roman Catholic Church (which is also elliptically called the Catholic Church)
15. Universally applicable
16. Of broad or liberal scope; comprehensive: "The 100-odd pages of formulas and constants are surely the most catholic to be found" (Scientific American).
17. Including or concerning all humankind; universal: "what was of catholic rather than national interest" (J.A. Froude).
18. Catholica. Of or involving the Roman Catholic Church.
19. universal; relating to all men; all-inclusive
20. comprehensive in interests, tastes, etc; broad-minded; liberal
21. (Roman Catholic Church) denoting or relating to the entire body of Christians, esp to the Church before separation into the Greek or Eastern and Latin or Western Churches

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Examples

“The wife of the Prime Minister is a Catholic.”

“The consubstantialists, who by their success have deserved and obtained the title of Catholics, gloried in the simplicity and steadiness of their own creed, and insulted the repeated variations of their adversaries, who were destitute of any certain rule of faith.”

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