CATHOLIC

catholic

(adjective) free from provincial prejudices or attachments; “catholic in one’s tastes”

Catholic

(adjective) of or relating to or supporting Catholicism; “the Catholic Church”

Catholic

(noun) a member of a Catholic church

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

Catholic (comparative more Catholic, superlative most Catholic)

Of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from e.g. the Orthodox church.

Of the Roman Catholic church in particular.

Alternative letter-case form of catholic

Noun

Catholic (plural Catholics)

A member of a Catholic church.

Hypernyms: Christian, Trinitarian

Coordinate terms: Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant, Mormon, Quaker

Anagrams

• Chilcoat

Etymology

Adjective

catholic (comparative more catholic, superlative most catholic)

Universal; all-encompassing.

Synonyms: universal, Thesaurus:generic, Thesaurus:comprehensive

Pertaining to all kinds of people and their range of tastes, proclivities etc.; liberal.

Synonyms: eclectic, Thesaurus:heterogeneous

Alternative letter-case form of Catholic

Anagrams

• Chilcoat

Source: Wiktionary

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Cath"o*lic, a. Etym: [L. catholicus, Gr. solid: cf. F. catholique.]

1. Universal or general; as, the catholic faith. Men of other countries [came] to bear their part in so great and catholic a war. Southey.

Note: This epithet, which is applicable to the whole Christian church, or its faith, is claimed by Roman Catholics to belong especially to their church, and in popular usage is so limited.

2. Not narrow-minded, partial, or bigoted; liberal; as, catholic tastes.

3. Of or pertaining to, or affecting the Roman Catholics; as, the Catholic emancipation act. Catholic epistles, the espistles of the apostles which are addressed to all the faithful, and not to a particular church; being those of James, Peter, Jude, and John.

Cath"o*lic, n.

1. A person who accepts the creeds which are received in common by all parts of the orthodox Christian church.

2. An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic. Old Catholic, the name assumed in 1870 by members of the Roman Catholic church, who denied the ecumenical character of the Vatican Council, and Rejected its decrees, esp. that concerning the infallibility of the pope, as contrary to the ancient Catholic faith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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