| Catholic |
a. |
Universal or general; as, the catholic faith. |
| Catholic |
a. |
Not narrow-minded, partial, or bigoted; liberal; as, catholic tastes. |
| Catholic |
a. |
Of or pertaining to, or affecting the Roman Catholics; as, the Catholic emancipation act. |
| Catholic |
n. |
A person who accepts the creeds which are received in common by all parts of the orthodox Christian church. |
| Catholic |
n. |
An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic. |
| Catholical |
a. |
Catholic. |
| Catholicism |
n. |
The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity. |
| Catholicism |
n. |
Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view. |
| Catholicism |
n. |
The faith of the whole orthodox Christian church, or adherence thereto. |
| Catholicism |
n. |
The doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic church, or adherence thereto. |
| Catholicity |
n. |
The state or quality of being catholic; universality. |
| Catholicity |
n. |
Liberality of sentiments; catholicism. |
| Catholicity |
n. |
Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy. |
| Catholicity |
n. |
Adherence to the doctrines of the church of Rome, or the doctrines themselves. |
| Catholicize |
v. t. & i. |
To make or to become catholic or Roman Catholic. |
| Catholicly |
adv. |
In a catholic manner; generally; universally. |
| Catholicness |
n. |
The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity. |
| Catholicon |
n. |
A remedy for all diseases; a panacea. |
| Catholicos |
n. |
The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis. |
