Roman Catholic
20
2.3
- noun
- /ˈroʊmən ˈkæθlɪk/
:
católico romano
- Seventeenth-century England was not an ideal place to be a Roman Catholic.
- Roman Catholic Church
- Roman Catholic Bishop
My mother's Jewish and my father is was Roman Catholic OK from Irish extraction.
- My mother's Jewish and my father is was Roman Catholic OK from Irish extraction.
Examples
-
Australian priests and nuns from the Roman Catholic Mission of the Sacred Heart first entered the area in 1947.
Academic text (1991) -
My father was a Roman Catholic, and my mother was three months pregnant.
Fiction book (1990) -
I was raised Roman Catholic... and I'm the only daughter of a very important man.
-
Thus, the Roman Catholic Church has certainly made an important contribution to democratic transition.
Academic text (2007) -
The churches, especially the Roman Catholic Church, have been among the main actors in this transition.
Academic text (2007) -
I wrote the book The Creed as a member of the Roman Catholic Church who was concerned about the shape of Christian identity.
-
Fourteen percent of respondents identified as Roman Catholic, up just slightly from 1987.
Academic text (2006) -
More conservative Roman Catholics have accused Call to Action of trying to destroy the church.
Academic text (1996) -
I really wonder how one could equate the Roman Catholic Church with the Lutheran churches in this setting.
Academic text (2015) -
Many families in the region identify as Roman Catholic and attend church every Sunday.
Synonyms
487
2.3
A person who belongs to the Roman Catholic Church led by the pope
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a compositional combination of 'Roman' (of or relating to Rome/the See of Rome) and 'Catholic' (relating to Catholicism), so its meaning—pertaining to the Catholic Church associated with Rome—is directly derivable from the parts. This adjective combination is cross-linguistically transparent and follows standard compositional patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should understand it.
Etymology
Roman Catholic comes from the church's connection to the city of Rome. Roman points to the city and Catholic names the Christian church, so calling someone Roman Catholic means 'a member of the Catholic Church led from Rome'.