pro-Catholic
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a word derived from
Catholic.
catholicadjectivebroad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like; having sympathies with all; broad-minded; liberal.
Example Sentences
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In November 1688 the absolutist and pro-Catholic king of England was overthrown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
His impeachment—along with that of the Earl of Oxford and Viscount Bolingbroke—signaled a decisive repudiation of pro-Catholic foreign policy and extinguished any hope of restoration of a Catholic English monarchy.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2019
Conservative, pro-Catholic Il Tempo printed it, after deleting "certain passages which appeared to us too crude."
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Roman Catholic Church and the pro-Catholic government should agree to denounce and punish anti-Protestant assaults, guarantee freedom of worship.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He was of a disputatious character and in particular went to great lengths in opposing the pro-Catholic activities of James II.
From The Glories of Ireland by P. J. Lennox