Roman Catholic

American

adjective

of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.

noun

a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

Roman Catholic British

adjective

of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church

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noun

a member of this Church

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Etymology

Origin of Roman Catholic

First recorded in 1595–1605

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The pope resigns, Twitter reacts Topics: , roman catholic church, , twitter reactions, , , News of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation rocked the Twitterverse this morning.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2013

We have fourteen places for religious exercise, six of the established church, three dissenting meeting houses, a quakers, baptist, methodist, roman catholic, and jewish.

From An History of Birmingham (1783) by Hutton, William

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