Catholic definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CATHOLIC, a. 1. Universal or general; as the Catholic church. Originally this epithet was given to the Christian church ... to the Romish church, and in strictness there is no Catholic church, or universal Christian communion. The epithet is sometimes set ... 2. Liberal; not narrow minded, partial or bigoted; as a catholic man. 3. Liberal; as catholic principles. Catholic epistles, the epistles of the apostles which ...
Roman Catholic definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church" [syn: Roman, R.C., Romanist, romish, Roman Catholic, popish, papist, papistic, papistical] n 1: a member of the Roman Catholic Church 2: the Christian Church based in the Vatican and ... over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy [syn: Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church] Merriam Webster's ...
Anglo-catholic definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: supporting the ... in Anglicanism emphasizing its continuity with historic Catholicism and fostering Catholic dogmatic and liturgical traditions • Anglo-Catholic noun • Anglo-Catholicism noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. & n. --adj. of a High Church Anglican group which emphasizes its Catholic tradition. --n. a member of this group. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Anglo-Catholic An"glo-Cath"o*lic, a., Of or pertaining to ... of the Church of England. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Anglo-Catholic An"glo-Cath"o*lic, n. A member of ...
Catholic Epistles definitions Merriam Webster's noun plural Date: 1582 the ... the early Christian churches at large Webster's 1913 Dictionary Catholic Cath"o*lic (k[a^]th"[-o]*[i^]k), a ... solid: cf. F. catholique.] 1. Universal or general; as, the catholic faith. Men of other countries [came] to bear their part in so great and catholic a war. --Southey. Note: This epithet, which is applicable to ... limited. 2. Not narrow-minded, partial, or bigoted; liberal; as, catholic tastes. 3. Of or pertaining to, or affecting the Roman Catholics; as, the Catholic emancipation act. Catholic epistles, the epistles of the apostles ...
Old Catholic definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a member ... of various hierarchical and liturgical churches separating from the Roman Catholic Church at various times since the 18th century Webster's 1913 Dictionary Catholic Cath"o*lic, n. 1. A person who accepts the ... the orthodox Christian church. 2. An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic. Old Catholic, the name assumed in 1870 by members of the ...
Old Catholic Church definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: Catholic churches that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 18th century Britannica Concise Any of a group of Western Catholic churches that separated from Rome after the First Vatican Council promulgated the doctrine of papal infallibility (1869-70). Old Catholic churches in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, and elsewhere ... to a priest is not obligatory, and in some Old Catholic churches the celibacy of the clergy is optional.
Roman Catholic Pope definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the head of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome ...
Catholic Pope definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the head of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: pope, Catholic Pope, Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome ...
non-Catholic definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a religious person who is not a Catholic Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. & n. --adj. not Roman Catholic. --n. a non-Catholic person.
Catholic or Universal definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Church Church, n ... acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church. 5. The collective body of Christians ... Apostolic church. See under Apostolic. Broad church. See Broad Church. Catholic or Universal church, the whole body of believers in Christ ...
Roman Catholic Church definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the ... over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy [syn: Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church]
The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Eastern Church ... missionaries from them. Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church. It became estranged from the Western, or ... is hence styled only schismatic, not heretical, by the Roman Catholic Church), has as its creed the Niceno-Constantinopolitan (without the ...
Ferdinand the Catholic definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the king ... Ferdinand, King Ferdinand, Ferdinand of Aragon, Ferdinand V, Ferdinand the Catholic]
Isabella the Catholic definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the queen ... 1451-1504) [syn: Isabella, Queen Isabella, Isabella I, Isabella the Catholic]