Catholicism
Americannoun
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the faith, system, and practice of the Catholic Church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
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(lowercase) catholicity.
noun
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short for Roman Catholicism
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the beliefs, practices, etc, of any Catholic Church
Other Word Forms
- anti-Catholicism noun
- pro-Catholicism noun
Etymology
Origin of Catholicism
Example Sentences
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Catholicism is the state religion, although it is no longer observed as strictly as in the past.
From Barron's
This affair with Rodin, who was 35 years her senior, ended before World War One, and she channelled some of her passion to the spiritual, embracing Catholicism and being received into the church.
From BBC
Zoomers are converting in sharply increasing numbers to Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Islam.
The vice president converted to Catholicism as an adult.
Both authors had an agenda, Mr. Restall contends: to ensure the flourishing of the Columbus dynasty and the triumph of Catholicism.
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