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Catholicism

//kəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church. uncountable, usually

    "Catholicism is the second largest religious body after Sunni Muslims"

  2. 2
    The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity. uncountable, usually

    "1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery this broken consent is not an infallible testimony of the catholicism of the doctrine"

  3. 3
    the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church wordnet
  4. 4
    Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view. uncountable, usually

Etymology

Etymology 1

Compare French catholicisme.

Etymology 2

From catholic + -ism.

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