catholic
adjective
broad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like; having sympathies with all; broad-minded; liberal.
pro-Catholic
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a word derived from
Catholic.
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
The three pro-Catholic members were voted out of power in 1942 and the school lost out on public funds.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
In fact, it has had to be explained, for the sake of clearness, by some recent writers, that the word "Catholic" was constantly used in George the Fourth's time merely to signify pro-Catholic.
From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
