Catholic Church

American  

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. a visible society of baptized Christians professing the same faith under the authority of the invisible head (Christ) and the authority of the visible head (the pope and the bishops in communion with him).

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Catholic Church British  

noun

1. short for Roman Catholic Church

2. any of several Churches claiming to have maintained continuity with the ancient and undivided Church

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Catholic Church Cultural  

1. A common abbreviation for the name of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Etymology

Origin of Catholic Church

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

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Catholic Church

The head of the Catholic Church will then head to Rimini, a popular seaside city on the Adriatic, for the annual gathering of Communion and Liberation, a Christian group.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Prayers were said for the family during a service at All Saints Catholic Church on Wednesday morning.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

America also works “with the Vatican and the Catholic Church to deliver food and medicine to the needy. Aid that we also provided—additional aid after the most recent hurricane.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Physically and spiritually, San Juan Capistrano is centered around its mission, one of 21 established by the Catholic Church under the Spanish crown in the 18th and 19th centuries, forming the scaffold of modern-day California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

The Catholic Church has survived for centuries, not by passing on a ‘celibacy gene’ from one pope to the next, but by passing on the stories of the New Testament and of Catholic canon law.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari