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CATHOLICISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Catholicism mean?
• CATHOLICISM (noun)
The noun CATHOLICISM has 1 sense:
1. the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church
Familiarity information: CATHOLICISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Catholicism; Catholicity
Hypernyms ("Catholicism" is a kind of...):
Christian religion; Christianity (a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Catholicism"):
papism; Roman Catholicism; Romanism (the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome)
Eastern Catholicism (the beliefs and practices of any of the eastern Catholic Churches based in Constantinople or Antioch or Alexandria or Moscow or Jerusalem)
Derivation:
Catholic (of or relating to or supporting Catholicism)
catholicize (cause to adopt Catholicism)
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