catholicism
catholicism Lexical Profile
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• noun
(usually capitalized as Catholicism) The faith, doctrine, practice, and organizational system of the Roman Catholic Church, or more broadly of all Christian churches that trace their traditions to historic apostolic succession.
"The art and architecture of the region were deeply influenced by centuries of Catholicism."
The quality of being broad-minded, comprehensive, or universal in sympathies, tastes, and interests.
"Her intellectual catholicism allowed her to appreciate literature from vastly different cultures and eras."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 17th century from the adjective 'catholic'—derived via Late Latin from the Ancient Greek 'katholikos' meaning 'universal' or 'in respect of the whole'—combined with the suffix '-ism'.
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