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non-Catholic

British  

adjective

  1. not of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who does not practise Roman Catholicism

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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To protect themselves from liability, non-Catholic private hospitals often created so-called therapeutic abortion committees to confirm that a given procedure qualified under the “life of the patient” exception.

From Slate Sep. 19, 2024

In Mexico, that’s effectively a catch-all term for those who practice any kind of non-Catholic spiritual healing rituals, be they indigenous healers or fortunetellers.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2023

During Lent, thousands of western Pennsylvanians — Catholic and non-Catholic alike — stream into Friday afternoon fish fries.

From Seattle Times Mar. 2, 2023

Mr Havran said he even thought he enjoyed warmer support amongst non-Catholic Slovaks than Catholic Slovaks.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2021

But it is in non-Catholic countries that a mid-sixteenth-century change in style, according to the mood of the ruling religious elite, is most clearly demonstrated.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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