catholic
adjective
broad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like; having sympathies with all; broad-minded; liberal.
Catholics
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pluralof Catholic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Both communions deny that the schism between Catholics and the Orthodox has, in any essential sense, divided Christ’s one body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The estrangement between Orthodox Christians and Catholics is a scandal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Peru rejoiced last year when a man it claims as its own was made leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The news has shaken Catholics worldwide, many of whom will have recent memories of Pope Francis's hospital visits.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
I remember watching other Catholics, girls in their Communion dresses and boys in their spit-shined shoes, walking down the street below our apartment, their mothers pushing prams and fathers strolling along beside.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
