Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity.

    1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery this broken consent is not an infallible testimony of the catholicism of the doctrine

    Katholizismus, Katholizismus

  2. (uncountable, usually)Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.

More definitions
  • the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Tom converted to Catholicism.

    ruТом принял католицизм.

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  2. He is a recent convert to Catholicism.

    Він новозверений католик.

    ruОн — новообращённый католик.

    deEr hat sich kürzlich zum Katholizismus bekehrt.

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  3. Catholicism repudiates the idea of reincarnation.

    deDer Katholizismus verleugnet die Idee der Reinkarnation.

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  4. Catholicism is just one of many thousands of religions out there, and deserves no special place among them.

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  5. Yanni never really adjusted to Catholicism.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
state of being catholic, universal:

Origin

From catholic + -ism.

From catholic + -ism.

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Forms

plural: catholicisms
Singularcatholicism

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church:Catholicity

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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