catholic1
/ˈkaθ(ə)lɪk
/adjective
Including a wide variety of things; all-embracing: her tastes are pretty catholic
Derivatives
catholicity
/ nouncatholically
Origin
Late Middle English : from Catholic.
This comes via Latin from Greek katholikos ‘universal’, with base elements kata ‘in respect of ’ and holos ‘whole’. The general sense is ‘all-embracing’.
catholic2
/ˈkaθ(ə)lɪk/adjective
1Of the Roman Catholic faith.The two principles that guided his life and career were a deep Catholic faith and Catalan nationalism....
- Believing in the authenticity of such apparitions is not even a requirement of Catholic faith.
- Since 1854, the immaculate conception has been an essential dogma of the Catholic faith.
1.1Of or including all Christians.To the extent this is true, it is a betrayal of the universal and catholic mission of Orthodoxy.
1.2Relating to the historic doctrine and practice of the Western Church: the Church of England must not compromise its Catholic principles...
- One reason, no doubt, was the Oxford Movement and its revival of Catholic practice.
- Actually they seem to argue more accurately for certain heresies than they do for the Catholic doctrines.
- Moreover, far from being a heretic, he loyally endorsed the essentials of Catholic doctrine.
noun
A member of the Roman Catholic Church.Under the law of the church, remarried Catholics are prohibited from communion....
- In such a church, no one could seriously hope to control what Catholics read and hear.
- Traditionally, Catholics see their church as partner of the state, not part of it.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French catholique or late Latin catholicus, from Greek katholikos 'universal', from kata 'in respect of' + holos 'whole'.