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† ˈcatholicness ? Obs. [f. as prec. + -ness.] Catholic quality, catholicity.
1605A. Wotton Answ. Pop. Articles 34 Neither can you reasonably thinke, that the catholicknesse of the Church requires a continuall being in all places at once. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 6 The catholicness of their doctrine. 1664More Myst. Iniq. 284 Their..pretence to Catholickness of Universality. 1674Brevint Saul at Endor 10 (R.) Thus one may judg of the catholikness, which Romanists brag of. |