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Catholicism

[ kuh-thol-uh-siz-uh m ]
/ kəˈθɒl əˌsɪz əm /

noun

the faith, system, and practice of the Catholic Church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
(lowercase) catholicity.

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Origin of Catholicism

First recorded in 1600–10; Catholic + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM Catholicism

an·ti-Ca·thol·i·cism, nounpro-Ca·thol·i·cism, noun
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Words related to catholicism

Catholicity, Romanism, papistry, popery

British Dictionary definitions for catholicism

Catholicism
/ (kəˈθɒlɪˌsɪzəm) /

noun

short for Roman Catholicism
the beliefs, practices, etc, of any 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

Cultural definitions for catholicism

Catholicism

The beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.