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Old Catholic

noun

  1. a member of any of several European churches professing to be truly Catholic but rejecting certain modern Roman Catholic doctrines, dogmas, and practices, especially the dogma of papal infallibility.
  2. a member of any of several minor churches, especially in the U.S., differing from the Roman Catholic Church chiefly in their rejection of the ecclesiastical authority of the Roman Catholic hierarchy.


Old Catholic

adjective

  1. of or relating to several small national Churches which have broken away from the Roman Catholic Church on matters of doctrine
“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 member of one of these Churches
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of Old Catholic1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

The Old Catholic movement, however, never made much progress in Austria.

It is very evident how the mediæval and old catholic dogmas were transformed in the view which Luther originally took of them.

No. 59 is the site of the first Old Catholic church, founded in 1831 by abb Chatel.

It was published several years ago, appended to my Old Catholic Church.

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