ROMAN CATHOLIC


Meaning of ROMAN CATHOLIC in English

adj. & n.

adj. of the part of the Christian Church acknowledging the Pope as its head.

n. a member of this Church. Roman Catholicism n.

[ 17th-c. transl. L (Ecclesia) Romana Catholica (et Apostolica), app. orig. as a conciliatory term: see ROMAN, CATHOLIC ]

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