ALL meanings of catholic
cath·o·lic
C c - adjective catholic The Catholic Church is the branch of the Christian Church that accepts the Pope as its leader and is based in the Vatican in Rome. 3
- countable noun catholic A Catholic is a member of the Catholic Church. 3
- adjective catholic If you describe a collection of things or people as catholic, you are emphasizing that they are very varied. 3
- adjective catholic universal; relating to all men; all-inclusive 3
- adjective catholic comprehensive in interests, tastes, etc; broad-minded; liberal 3
- adjective catholic denoting or relating to the entire body of Christians, esp to the Church before separation into the Greek or Eastern and Latin or Western Churches 3
- adjective catholic denoting or relating to the Latin or Western Church after this separation 3
- adjective catholic denoting or relating to the Roman Catholic Church 3
- adjective catholic denoting or relating to any church, belief, etc, that claims continuity with or originates in the ancient undivided Church 3
- noun catholic a member of any of the Churches regarded as Catholic, esp the Roman Catholic Church 3
- adjective catholic of general scope or value; all-inclusive; universal 3
- adjective catholic broad in sympathies, tastes, or understanding; liberal 3
- adjective catholic of the Christian church as a whole; specif., of the ancient, undivided Christian church 3
- adjective catholic of the Christian church headed by the pope; Roman Catholic 3
- adjective catholic of any of the orthodox Christian churches, including the Roman, Greek Orthodox, Anglo-Catholic, etc., as distinguished from the Reformed or Protestant churches 3
- noun catholic a member of the universal Christian church 3
- noun catholic a member of any of the Catholic churches; esp., a Roman Catholic 3
- noun catholic (esp. of a person's tastes) Including a wide variety of things; all-embracing. 1
- adjective catholic of the Roman Catholic church 1
- adjective catholic of Roman Catholic faith 1
- noun catholic follower of Catholicism 1
- adjective catholic of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church. 1
- adjective catholic Theology. (among Roman Catholics) claiming to possess exclusively the notes or characteristics of the one, only, true, and universal church having unity, visibility, indefectibility, apostolic succession, universality, and sanctity: used in this sense, with these qualifications, only by the Church of Rome, as applicable only to itself and its adherents and to their faith and organization; often qualified, especially by those not acknowledging these claims, by prefixing the word Roman. (among Anglo-Catholics) noting or pertaining to the conception of the church as the body representing the ancient undivided Christian witness, comprising all the orthodox churches that have kept the apostolic succession of bishops, and including the Anglican Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Church of Sweden, the Old Catholic Church (in the Netherlands and elsewhere), etc. 1
- adjective catholic pertaining to the Western Church. 1
- noun catholic a member of a Catholic church, especially of the Roman Catholic Church. 1
- adjective catholic Universal; all-encompassing. 0
- adjective catholic Pertaining to all kinds of people and their range of tastes, proclivities etc.; liberal. 0
- adjective catholic Alternative letter-case form of Catholic. 0