■ adjective
1》 including a wide variety of things.
2》 ( Catholic ) of the Roman Catholic faith.
↘of or including all Christians.
↘relating to the historic doctrine and practice of the Western Church.
■ noun ( Catholic ) a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Derivatives
Catholicism noun
~ity noun
Catholicize or Catholicise verb
~ly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. catholique or late L. ~us , from Gk katholikos 'universal', from kata 'in respect of' + holos 'whole'.