Definitions
Relating to the Catholic Church, or broad and universal in scope.
Word origin
From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”).
Used in a sentence
“The church is catholic, universal, so are all her actions; all that she does, belongs to all.”
“Essentially, and in idea, the empire, in the minds of the Romans, was world-wide. This conception descended to the Church, which was ‘Catholic’ in spite of Buddhists, Confucians, and (later) Muhammadans.”
“Newton Heath depot has lately been catholic in its choice of power for the 6.10 p.m. Manchester-Southport and the 9 p.m. back via Bolton.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Like Rome's church”8 letters
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