Catholic
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈkæθəlɪk/
- Reception of Vatican II within the Catholic Church varies by topic and geographical location.
- Catholic teaching
- Catholic and Protestant
- Catholic theology
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Watch on YouTubeGreek Orthodox priests have beards, Catholic priests don't.
- Greek Orthodox priests have beards, Catholic priests don't.
- You know, you see Catholic nationalism in Ireland.
- You know, I think that is, you know, I grew up Catholic.
- You know, what is Dewey talking about here with the Catholic social theory position on fascism?
- I like that this desperate long throw in football gets its name from a Catholic prayer.
- And I remember just feeling so guilty, like, you know, Catholic guilt.
- Yeah, nothing goes full blown Catholic Church on the whole thing.
Examples
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Given her Irish ancestry, it might be worth asking local Catholic churches whether they know her.
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The polarization found in the United States and many European Catholic communities is evidence of that.
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And so, you know, I grew up Catholic and never really took church seriously.
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Okay... well, when I was a little girl, I went to Catholic school.
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And we were both like Catholic girls from Indiana.
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Mark played the guitar and introduced us to the emerging Catholic contemporary music of the day.
Academic text (2015) -
Probably no church more so than the Catholic Church has participated in such conversations.
Academic text (2013) -
Here, the classical debate over Protestant and Catholic understandings of reason and sin comes into play.
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Many students at my school are Catholic, attending mass every Sunday.
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She received her education at a Catholic institution, where religious values were emphasized.
Synonyms
77
3.9
Related to the Catholic Church in Rome and its practices
51
3.2
Relating to the Christian church led by the Pope
Compounds
21
3.7
A Christian church led by the Pope in the Vatican that has its own teachings and services
1
5.3
A Christian church also called the Eastern Orthodox Church that follows Byzantine rites
1
9.0
A Christian who belongs to a church that left the Roman Catholic Church because they rejected the pope's authority
1
6.7
A person in the Anglican Church who values its Catholic traditions and practices
1
7.8
A group of churches that left the Roman Catholic Church over the pope's authority
1
8.6
The Spanish rulers Ferdinand V and Isabella I who united Spain and promoted Catholicism
- Archaic
A historical measure of length equal to the length of a pendulum that takes one second to swing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Catholic as an adjective also comes from Greek katholikos and the root holos meaning 'whole' or 'all'. That's why Catholic describes things that belong to the Roman Catholic Church or to its wide, worldwide traditions.