Tradcath

//ˈtrædˌkæθ// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Catholic who seeks to change the practices of Catholicism back to the norms of before the Second Vatican Council. Internet

    "Chesterton was Edwardian England's most eloquent advocate for distributism, a Catholic social and economic system that contemporary TradCaths embrace, more (skepticism of big-government socialism) or less (actually distributing anything to anyone)."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Espousing, characteristic of, or relating to traditionalist, conservative Catholicism.

    "But there are not enough ‘TradCath’ priests to serve all the parishes who want us, leaving churches and people vulnerable to takeover by ‘Affirming’ clergy or pastoral reorganisation into liberal teams."

Example

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"Tom grew up in a tradcath cult."

Etymology

From trad (“traditional”) + Cath(olic).

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