Antonyms for catholic
ˈkæθ ə lɪk, ˈkæθ lɪkcatholic

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1. catholicadjective

   Synonyms:
   universal

2. catholicadjective

   Of the Western Christian church, as opposed to the Orthodox church.

   Christmas is celebrated at different dates in the Catholic and Orthodox calendars.

   Synonyms:
   universal

3. Catholicadjective

   Of the Roman Catholic church.

   The Church of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic one.

   Synonyms:
   universal

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1. Catholicadjective

   a member of a Catholic church

   Antonyms:
   narrow-minded, narrow

2. Catholicadjective

   of or relating to or supporting Catholicism

   "the Catholic Church"

   Antonyms:
   narrow, narrow-minded

3. catholicadjective

   free from provincial prejudices or attachments

   "catholic in one's tastes"

   Antonyms:
   narrow-minded, narrow

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1. catholicadjective

   Antonyms:
   uncatholic, sectarian, local, narrow, noncatholic

   Synonyms:
   universal, general, world-wide, liberal, tolerant, unsectarian, broad-minded, roman catholic, romish

How to use catholic in a sentence?

1. Sir Thomas More:

   No one, on his deathbed, ever regretted having been a Catholic.

2. Randy Barnett:

   The Blaine Amendments were a series of amendments that were enacted in the 19th century as anti-Catholic measures, the Protestants controlled the public schools, and they didn't like the idea of the Catholics setting up their own school system, so they came up with these amendments which prohibited the expenditures of any government money on religious institutions.

3. Jon Scieszka:

   I think I had that same sort of mentality of teachers -- nuns, in particular, because I went to Catholic school -- just saying, "You learn to read. I don't care if you hate it, that probably means it's good for you." Oh, man. That gives me the shivers still.

4. Nedyt Lescano:

   Unlike the Catholic church, we don’t receive any subsidies. We do it all by our own efforts here.

5. Pope Benedict:

   In recent weeks, we have all listened to heartbreaking stories from Pennsylvania of brutal crimes perpetrated by people within the Catholic Church, and then obscured to protect the institution at the expense of innocent victims, it is a story all too tragically familiar here in Ireland.

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