Definitions for Catholic
Catholic
cath·o·lic
Spelling: [kath-uh-lik, kath-lik]
IPA: /ˈkæθ ə lɪk, ˈkæθ lɪk/
Catholic is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.
You can make 243 anagrams from letters in Catholic (acchilot).
Definitions for Catholic
noun
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a member of a Catholic church, especially of the Roman Catholic Church.
adjective
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broad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like; having sympathies with all; broad-minded; liberal.
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universal in extent; involving all; of interest to all.
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pertaining to the whole Christian body or church.
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of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
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Theology.
(among Roman Catholics) claiming to possess exclusively the notes or characteristics of the one, only, true, and universal church having unity, visibility, indefectibility, apostolic succession, universality, and sanctity: used in this sense, with these qualifications, only by the Church of Rome, as applicable only to itself and its adherents and to their faith and organization; often qualified, especially by those not acknowledging these claims, by prefixing the word Roman.
(among Anglo-Catholics) noting or pertaining to the conception of the church as the body representing the ancient undivided Christian witness, comprising all the orthodox churches that have kept the apostolic succession of bishops, and including the Anglican Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Church of Sweden, the Old Catholic Church (in the Netherlands and elsewhere), etc.
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pertaining to the Western Church.
Origin of Catholic
1300-1350; Middle English Latin catholicus Greek katholikós general, equivalent to kathól(ou) universally (contraction of phrase katà hólou according to the whole; see ca