Catholic Church
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- proper noun
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Iglesia católica
- The relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and the nation of Poland.
- Roman Catholic Church
- Catholic Church influence
- Catholic Church hierarchy
You have to go through a bunch of training taught by the Catholic Church, right?
- You have to go through a bunch of training taught by the Catholic Church, right?
- This season, the Catholic Church is banning books again.
- You know, look at the whole Boston Catholic Church scandal.
- The fact that that didn't shut down the Catholic Church will forever blow my mind.
- Priests give up all of their money to the Catholic Church and live with nothing, have no possessions.
- Wokeness has essentially replaced the Catholic Church in Ireland.
- But Diocletian had persecuted the Catholic Church, whereas Constantine would favor it.
- It would be like, you know, electing a cardinal of the Catholic Church.
- They didn't get rid of a lot of things that that the older Catholic Church had had.
- You know, religions, the Catholic Church has not fully come to terms with a massive scandal.
- In Bolinia, unlike Galicia, people belong to the Orthodox Church, not the Greek Catholic Church.
- When Pope Paul took over after him, my father got very disinterested in the Catholic Church.
- So the most faithful preserver of Rome and its legacy historically is the Catholic Church.
- So like, how much of your, I mean, my gosh, like your dad was you would go to Catholic Church on a Sunday and your dad used to be the priest.
Examples
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In this process of social revival, Paraguay's Catholic Church played a vital role.
Academic text (1990) -
Even today, the Catholic Church doesn't recognize divorces granted by law.
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Do you believe in the Holy Catholic Church?
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We are the Catholic Church.
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One day she came home and told Ma she had joined the Catholic Church.
Fiction book (1994) -
I would just like to have a husband and live a life in the Catholic Church.
Fiction book (1994) -
At the moment, it would appear that the Brazilian Catholic Church will likely remain on this course.
Academic text (1990) -
I was brought up in the Catholic Church, but I'm no longer religious.
Fiction book (1993) -
After the Civil War, the Catholic Church in Pittsburgh rapidly emerged as a major cultural force.
Academic text (1990) -
The Catholic Church has millions of followers around the world, united in their faith.
Synonyms
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A Christian church led by the Pope in the Vatican that has its own teachings and services
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A Christian church that the Pope leads in the Vatican
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The Christian church in Rome led by the Pope
A branch of the Christian church based in Rome led by the pope and bishops
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'Catholic' (related to Catholicism) modifies 'church' (a particular Christian body), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it means the church belonging to the Catholic tradition. This adjective+noun pattern is common across languages and follows regular English composition, making the meaning immediately accessible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Catholic Church gets its name from an old Greek word meaning 'universal' or 'whole'. Catholic means 'universal' and church means a Christian community, so because this group called itself the 'universal' Christian community, Catholic Church today means the large, worldwide Christian church that sees itself as the original church started by Jesus.