catholic
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
catholic/ˈkaθlɪk/
▶adjective
- 1 including a wide variety of things.
- 2 (Catholic) of the Roman Catholic faith.
■ of or including all Christians.
■ relating to the historic doctrine and practice of the Western Church.
– derivatives
Catholicism noun,
catholicity noun,
Catholicize (or Catholicise) verb,
catholicly adverb.
Catholicism noun,
catholicity noun,
Catholicize (or Catholicise) verb,
catholicly adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. catholique or late L. catholicus, from Gk katholikos ‘universal’, from kata ‘in respect of’ + holos ‘whole’.
'catholic' also found in these Oxford entries:
act of contrition
- age of reason
- All Souls' Day
- angelus
- Anglo-Catholicism
- annates
- anoint
- apostolic succession
- assumption
- Ave Maria
- beatification
- beatify
- benediction
- biretta
- black mass
- blessed
- breviary
- canon
- canon
- canonize
- cardinal
- catechesis
- catechism
- Cath.
- Catholicos
- charismatic movement
- chasuble
- chrism
- Church of England
- collation
- conclave
- congregation
- consistory
- contrition
- cotta
- Curia
- deacon
- decade
- devil's advocate
- directory
- discalced
- dogmatics
- Dom
- Dominican
- dulia
- eminence
- encyclical
- ex cathedra
- excellency
