catholic

adjective
🔊/ˈkæθlɪk/
🔊/ˈkæθlɪk/
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  1. Catholic
    (also Roman Catholic)
    belonging to or connected with the part of the Christian Church that has the Pope as its leader全体基督教徒的;基督教会的
    • Are they Catholic or Protestant?他们是天主教徒还是新教徒?🔊🔊
    • a Catholic church天主教教堂
    Topics Religion and festivalsc1
  2. (often Catholic)
    (specialist) connected with all Christians or the whole Christian Church全体基督教徒的;基督教会的
  3. (formal) including many or most things包罗万象的;广泛的
    • to have catholic tastes (= to like many different things)爱好广泛的
  4. Word Originlate Middle English (in senses (1 and 2)): from Old French catholique or late Latin catholicus, from Greek katholikos ‘universal’, from kata ‘in respect of’ + holos ‘whole’.

Catholic

noun
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(also Roman Catholic)
(abbreviation RC)
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  1. a member of the part of the Christian Church that has the Pope as its leader全体基督教徒的;基督教会的
    • They're Catholics.他们是天主教徒。🔊🔊
    compare Anglo-CatholicTopics Religion and festivalsc1