Results for catholic

Definitions of catholic:

part of speech: noun

An adherent of the Roman Catholic Church.

part of speech: noun

A member of the Catholic Church.

part of speech: noun

A name commonly applied to the adherents of the Church of Rome.

part of speech: adjective

Universal; general; including all; as, to read all kinds of books shows a catholic taste in literature; liberal; large- hearted; Catholic, pertaining to the Church of Rome.

part of speech: adjective

Universal: general, embracing the whole body of Christians: liberal, the opp. of exclusive: the name claimed by its adherents for the Church of Rome as the representative of the church founded by Christ and his apostles: relating to the Roman Catholics.

part of speech: adjective

Universal; general; liberal; not narrow- minded or bigoted.

part of speech: noun

A member of the Roman Catholic Church.

Usage examples for catholic:

• He will want her to marry a Catholic "The Birthright", Joseph Hocking

• The state of my affairs is indeed such that I do not know how to live in this my old age, devoted as it entirely is to the service of your Catholic Majesty, and to no other. "Giorgione", Herbert Cook

• But she was neither a Catholic nor a Distributist. "Gilbert Keith Chesterton", Maisie Ward

• " Mr. Halifax, do not imagine we are a Catholic family still. "John Halifax, Gentleman", Dinah Maria Mulock Craik