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non-Catholic

non-Catholic

3.9
A person who is not a member of the Roman Catholic Church
  • noun
  • /nɒnˈkæθlɪk/
translation icon : no católico
  • As a non-Catholic, he felt out of place during the religious ceremony.

Examples

  • And I was the first non Catholic in the door, certainly the first Jew in the door.

  • And it turns out the more non Catholic they are, the greater the decline in fertility.

  • The group of non-Catholics gathered to discuss their beliefs and values.

  • Many non-Catholic attendees enjoyed the cultural aspects of the event.

Antonyms

Catholic
487 2.3

A person who belongs to the Roman Catholic Church led by the pope

How Papal

ultramontanist
  • Formal
9.9
papistic belief
  • Archaic
9.9
non-Catholic
3.9

Surface Forms

non-Catholic singular
non-Catholics plural

Morphology

non-Catholic = Catholic (transparent) = non + Catholic

The prefix 'non-' productively negates 'Catholic', so the meaning 'not a Catholic' is directly recoverable by learners.

Etymology

Non-Catholic is simply the prefix non- plus Catholic, where non- means 'not' and Catholic comes from an old Greek word meaning 'universal'. So, a non-Catholic is someone 'not a member of the Roman Catholic Church'.