broad-mindedness or liberality, as of tastes, interests, or views.
universality; general inclusiveness.
(initial capital letter) the Roman Catholic Church, or its doctrines and usages.
a wide range of interests, tastes, etc; liberality
universality; comprehensiveness
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First: The 20th century’s bright lines between photographic genres, which made Avedon so anxious and led critics to dismiss all his imagery as one big Vogue shoot, had dissolved into the 21st century’s low-drama catholicity.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
But while that genre catholicity has always been part of Mr. Brooks’s arsenal, he’s too savvy to ignore the country base.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2014
It would be hard to top the catholicity of discovery provided by this eclectic collection of scientists.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 21, 2013
His catholicity directs him straight to the vital center of contemporary pop culture.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact, a hyenas catholicity of taste is so indiscriminate it nearly forces admiration.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
In spirit and in truth, Greek Orthodoxy is worlds apart from Roman Catholicity, as your article clearly points out.
From Time Magazine Archive
We have seen that M. Laemmer qualifies this episode in his studies as the first step he made towards Catholicity.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 by Various
Catholicity was hunted down in every section of the social organization.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)
His heresy, though broken into a multitude of sects, was poured over the world with a Catholicity not inferior in its day to that of Christianity.
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal
It was while at Florence that the whole current of Stensen's life was changed by his conversion to Catholicity.
From Catholic Churchmen in Science by Walsh, James J.
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