Catholic — • The combination the Catholic Church (he katholike ekklesia) is found for the first time in the letter of St. Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans, written about the year 110 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Catholic Catholic … Catholic encyclopedia
Catholic — is an adjective derived from the Greek adjective ] [cite web url=http://www.ilflutheran.org/page11.html publisher=International Lutheran Fellowship title=Nicene Creed accessdate=2007 06 24] The Orthodox Churches share some of the concerns about… … Wikipedia
catholic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) including a wide variety of things: catholic tastes. 2) (Catholic) Roman Catholic. 3) (Catholic) of or including all Christians. ► NOUN (Catholic) ▪ a Roman Catholic … English terms dictionary
Catholic — Cath o*lic, n. 1. A person who accepts the creeds which are received in common by all parts of the orthodox Christian church. [1913 Webster] 2. An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic. [1913 Webster] {Old Catholic}, the name… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Catholic — Cath o*lic (k[a^]th [ o]*[i^]k), a. [L. catholicus, Gr. kaqoliko s, universal, general; kata down, wholly + o los whole, probably akin to E. solid: cf. F. catholique.] 1. Universal or general; as, the catholic faith. [1913 Webster] Men of other… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
catholic — [kath′ə lik, kath′lik] adj. [ME catholik < L catholicus, universal, general (in LL(Ec) & ML, orthodox, Catholic) < Gr katholikos < kata , down, completely + holos, whole: see HOLO ] 1. of general scope or value; all inclusive; universal… … English World dictionary
Catholic TV — Création 1er janvier 1955 Langue Anglais, Espagnol Pays … Wikipédia en Français
catholic — is a word of Greek origin meaning ‘universal’ and ‘of universal human interest’, and retains this meaning in English when spelt with a small initial (as in catholic styles, tastes, etc). When spelt with a capital initial it refers to the Roman… … Modern English usage
Catholic — adj connected with the Roman Catholic Church >Catholic n >Catholicism [kəˈθɔlısızəm US kəˈθa: ] n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
catholic — index general, omnibus, prevailing (current), prevalent, rife Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
