Post-catholic
//ˌpəʊstˈkæθəlɪk// adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An advocate of a society with values postdating Catholicism.
"Like Hunt, I am a postCatholic, but it is difficult for me to define Christians as justice-seeking."
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to a society where Catholic values are no longer relevant.
"It was predictable that this post-Catholic American-Lebanese writer would be highlighted from a Lebanese-Egyptian journal that had long pioneered pan-Arab national consciousness in Egypt."
Example
More examples"It was predictable that this post-Catholic American-Lebanese writer would be highlighted from a Lebanese-Egyptian journal that had long pioneered pan-Arab national consciousness in Egypt."
Etymology
From post- + Catholic.
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