Meaning

2 senses
  1. A member of a Catholic (western Christian) church.

    Katholik, Katholikin

    като́ликkatólik, католи́чкаkatolíčka

    като́ликkatólyk, католи́чкаkatolýčka

    a member of a Catholic church

  2. A member of a Catholic (western Christian) church.

    (ellipsis, often)A member of the Roman Catholic Church (which is also elliptically called the Catholic Church).

    The wife of the Prime Minister is a Catholic.

Examples

187 sentences
  1. I went to a Catholic school.

    Я ходив до католицької школи. — deniko

    ruЯ ходил в католическую школу. — marafon

    deIch habe eine katholische Schule besucht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I think our neighbors are Catholic.

    Мені здається, наші сусіди - католики. — deniko

  3. Tom became a Catholic.

    Том став католиком. — deniko

    ruТом стал католиком. — odexed

    deTom wurde Katholik. — wolfgangth

  4. I became a Catholic.

    Я став католиком. — deniko

    ruЯ стал католиком. — Ooneykcall

  5. I'm not Catholic.

    Я не католик. — deniko

    ruЯ не католик. — odexed

    deIch bin kein Katholik. — Harry_Styles

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
member of a Catholic church:
Русский
By meaning 1
member of a Catholic church:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
member of a Catholic church:

Origin

From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikó

From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”).

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Forms

plural: Catholics
SingularCatholic
PluralCatholics

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Collocations

3 patterns
  • to a catholic
  • catholic school
  • is a catholic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
Catholic — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto