Catholic

See also: catholic

English

Etymology

From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæθ(ə)lɪk/

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• Rhymes: -æθəlɪk, -æθlɪk
• Hyphenation: Cath‧o‧lic

Adjective

Catholic (comparative more Catholic, superlative most Catholic)

1. Of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from e.g. the Orthodox church.

   Christmas is celebrated at different dates in the Catholic and Orthodox calendars.

2. Of the Roman Catholic church in particular.

   The Church of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic one.

   Catholic churches are built differently from Protestant ones.

3. Alternative letter-case form of catholic.

Derived terms

• Anglo-Catholic
• are bears Catholic
• Catholic Church
• Catholic frog
• Catholicisation, ization
• Catholicise, ize
• Catholic Island
• Catholicism
• Independent Catholic
• Independent Catholicism
• is the Pope Catholic
• neo-Catholic
• non-Catholic
• post-Catholic

Translations

of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church

Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيقِيّ (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic) Asturian: católicu (ast) Burmese: ကက်သလစ် (my) (kaksa.lac) Catalan: catòlic (ca) Czech: katolický (cs) Danish: katolsk (da) Dutch: katholiek (nl) Emilian: catòlgo Esperanto: katolika Farefare: katolika Faroese: katólskur Finnish: katolinen (fi), roomalaiskatolinen (fi) French: catholique (fr) Galician: católico (gl) German: katholisch (de) Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós), καθολική (el) f (katholikí) Hebrew: קתולי (he) m (katoli) Hindi: कैथोलिक (kaitholik) Hungarian: katolikus (hu) Hunsrik: katolisch Icelandic: kaþólskur Ido: katolika (io) Indonesian: Katolik (id) Irish: Caitliceach Italian: cattolico (it) Japanese: カトリック (ja) (katorikku), カソリック (ja) (kasorikku), 公教の (kōkyō no) Khmer: កាតូលិក (kaatoulɨk) Latvian: katolisks Lithuanian: katalikiškas m, katalikiška f Low German: kathoolsch Luganda: omukatoliki Macedonian: католички (katolički) Malay: Katolik Manx: Catoleagh Persian: کاتولیک (fa) (kâtolik) Polish: katolicki (pl) Portuguese: católico (pt) Romanian: catolic (ro) Russian: католи́ческий (ru) (katolíčeskij) Scottish Gaelic: Caitligeach, Catlaigeach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ка̏толичкӣ m, католичка f Roman: kȁtoličkī (sh) m, katolička (sh) f Slovak: katolícky (sk) Sogdian: ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐ (kaθulikā) Spanish: católico (es) Swahili: katoliki (sw) Ukrainian: католи́цький (katolýcʹkyj) Urdu: کیتھولک (kaitholik), کاتھولک (kātholik) Welsh: Catholig

of the Roman Catholic church

Albanian: katolik (sq) m, katolike (sq) f Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيقِيّ (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic) Aromanian: catolic, catolichescu, lãtinescu, latinescu (male), catolicã, catolicheascã, lãtineascã, latineascã (female) Bulgarian: католически (bg) (katoličeski) Burmese: ကက်သလစ် (my) (kaksa.lac) Catalan: catòlic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 天主 (zh) (tiānzhǔ), (+ -的 -de) 天主教 (zh) (tiānzhǔjiào) Czech: katolický (cs) m Dutch: rooms-katholiek (nl) Emilian: catòlgo Esperanto: katolika Finnish: katolinen (fi), roomalaiskatolinen (fi) French: catholique (fr) German: katholisch (de) Greek: ρωμαιοκαθολικός (el) m (romaiokatholikós), ρωμαιοκαθολική (el) f (romaiokatholikí) Hebrew: קתולי (he) (katóli) Hindi: कैथोलिक (kaitholik) Hunsrik: katolisch Indonesian: Katolik Roma Irish: Caitliceach Khmer: កាតូលិក (kaatoulɨk) Latin: catholicus (la) Low German: German Low German: kathoolsch Macedonian: римокатолички m (rimokatolički) Maori: Pikopō, Katorika Polish: rzymskokatolicki (pl) m Portuguese: católico (pt) Romanian: catolic (ro) m, catolică (ro) f Spanish: católico romano Swahili: katoliki (sw) Swedish: katolsk (sv) Urdu: کیتھولک (kaitholik), کاتھولک (kātholik) Uyghur: كاتولىك (katolik) Vietnamese: Công giáo (vi) Welsh: Catholig, Rhufeinig

Noun

Catholic (plural Catholics)

1. A member of a Catholic church.

   Hypernyms: Christian, Trinitarian

   Coordinate terms: Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant, Quaker

   The wife of the Prime Minister is a Catholic.

   • 1781, Edward Gibbon, chapter XXI, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 254:

     The consubstantialists, who by their success have deserved and obtained the title of Catholics, gloried in the simplicity and steadiness of their own creed, and insulted the repeated variations of their adversaries, who were destitute of any certain rule of faith.

Derived terms

• Armenian Catholic
• Coptic Catholic
• Eritrean Catholic
• Ethiopian Catholic
• post-Catholic
• Roman Catholic
• Syriac Catholic

Translations

member of a Catholic church

Albanian: katolik (sq) m, katolike (sq) f Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ ? (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيق ? (jāṯalīq), جَاثَلِيقِيّ ? (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ ? (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ ? (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ ? (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic) Armenian: կաթոլիկ (hy) (katʻolik) Aromanian: catolic, catulic, cãtulic, lãtin, latin (male), catolicã, catulicã, cãtulicã, lãtinã, latinã (roa-rup) (female) Belarusian: като́лік m (katólik), каталі́к m (katalík) Bulgarian: католик (bg) m (katolik) Catalan: catòlic (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 天主教徒 (zh) (Tiānzhǔjiàotú) Czech: katolík (cs) m, katolička (cs) f Danish: katolik (da) c Dutch: katholiek (nl) m Emilian: catòlgo m Esperanto: katoliko Faroese: katolikkur m Finnish: katolilainen (fi) French: catholique (fr) m or f Galician: católico (gl) m German: Katholik (de) m, Katholikin (de) f Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós), καθολική (el) f (katholikí) Hindi: कैथोलिक m (kaitholik) Hungarian: katolikus (hu) Icelandic: kaþólikki m Ido: katoliko (io) Indonesian: Katolik (id) Irish: Caitliceach m Italian: cattolico (it) m Kazakh: католик (katolik) Khmer: កាតូលិក (kaatoulɨk) Latvian: katolis m, katoliete f Lithuanian: katalikas (lt) m, katalikė (lt) f Macedonian: католик m (katolik) Maori: Pikopō, Katorika Norwegian: Bokmål: katolikk (no) m Nynorsk: katolikk m Old Ruthenian: като́ликъ m (katólik), каѳо́ликъ m (kafólik), кафо́ликъ m (kafólik); католи́чъка f (katolíčka) Pannonian Rusyn: католїк m (katoljik), католїкиня f (katoljikinja) Polish: katolik (pl) m, katoliczka (pl) f Portuguese: católico (pt) m Romanian: catolic (ro) m, catolică (ro) f Russian: като́лик (ru) m (katólik), католи́чка (ru) f (katolíčka) Samogitian: katalėks m, katalėkė f Serbo-Croatian: katolik (sh) m Spanish: católico (es) m, católica (es) f Swahili: Mkatoliki (sw) Swedish: katolik (sv) c Thai: คาทอลิก (th) (kaa-tɔɔ-lìk) Ukrainian: като́лик m (katólyk), католи́чка f (katolýčka) Urdu: کیتھولک m (kaitholik), کاتھولک m (kātholik) Vietnamese: người Công giáo Welsh: Catholig m

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