catholic
adjective/ˈkæθlɪk/
/ˈkæθlɪk/
- Catholic(also Roman Catholic)belonging to or connected with the part of the Christian Church that has the Pope as its leader
- Are they Catholic or Protestant?
- a Catholic church
- (often Catholic)(specialist) connected with all Christians or the whole Christian Church
- (formal) including many or most things
- to have catholic tastes (= to like many different things)
Word Originlate Middle English (in senses (1 and 2)): from Old French catholique or late Latin catholicus, from Greek katholikos ‘universal’, from kata ‘in respect of’ + holos ‘whole’.
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