Catholic

Meaning

Adj

1. Of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from e.g. the Orthodox church.
2. Of the Roman Catholic church in particular.
3. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of catholic.

Noun

A member of a Catholic church.

Synonyms

Roman

crucify

general

generic

global

omnibus

papist

papistic

papistical

romish

universal

Roman Catholic

Romish

blanket

Christian religion

Translations

cattolico

catholique

católico

Katholik

católico

katholiek

catòlic

katholisch

καθολικός

catholicus

كاثوليكي

Katholikin

Katolik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæθ(ə)lɪk/

Etymology

From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”).

Sentences

Wetzel taught at Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School for several years .

The Syriac Catholic Church was originally part of the Syriac Orthodox Church .

They apparently bombarded Sion Fort whenever they had a disagreement with the Catholic clergy !