catholic
adjective (Catholic; catholic); noun (a Catholic, Catholics)
Everyday
- (Catholic, capital C) Belonging to the Roman Catholic Church, the Christian church led by the Pope: a Catholic school. tree →
- (noun) A member of the Catholic Church. tree →
- (catholic, small c, formal) Including many different kinds of things; wide-ranging: catholic tastes in music. tree →
In the lessons
In RE lessons pupils learn about Catholic churches, Mass and the Pope; many schools in Ireland, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA are Catholic schools. The small-c meaning is formal and rare. Phrases: Catholic school, Roman Catholic, a Catholic church, catholic tastes.
Examples
- My cousin goes to a Catholic school. tree →
- Catholics go to Mass on Sundays. tree →
- The Pope is the leader of the Catholic Church. tree →
- Ireland has many Catholic churches. tree →
- (formal) He has catholic tastes and reads everything from comics to science books. tree →
- Our Catholic primary school is next to the church. tree →
Note
Capital C for the Church and its members; small c for "wide-ranging". The religion is Catholicism. Catholics are Christians; so are Protestants and Orthodox Christians.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «catholic» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «catholic» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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