Synonyms 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

   Synonyms:
   universal, general

2. catholicadjective

   Synonyms:
   liberal, tolerant, not bigoted, not exclusive, not sectarian

3. catholicadjective

   Synonyms:
   roman catholic

4. catholicnoun

   Synonyms:
   papist, roman Catholic

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1. catholicadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   uncatholic, sectarian, local, narrow, noncatholic

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1. List of paraphrases for "catholic":

   catholique, católica, catholicism, katholieke, universiteit

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1. Andrew Chesnut:

   The Mexican Church already was very concerned by expanding Protestantism and now it must contend with a folk saint venerated mostly by Mexicans who still consider themselves Catholic.

2. Irish Republican:

   I am Irish Republican, irish Republican is someone who believes that the British government should have no part to play in the life of this island. Catholic Irish nationalists believe this island should be free.

3. Jeb Bush:

   Supreme Court's at the core of the Catholic faith and to imagine how we are going to succeed in our country unless we have committed family life,( a) committed child-centered family system, is hard to imagine, so, irrespective of the Supreme Court ruling because they are going to decide whatever they decide - I don’t know what they are going to do - we need to be stalwart supporters of traditional marriage.

4. Fidel Castro:

   If the pope continues to talk as he does, sooner or later I will start praying again and return to the Catholic Church, and I am not kidding.

5. Hunter Biden:

   Every time I walk out of my Irish Catholic grandfather’s home up in Scranton, Pennsylvania – his name was Ambrose Finnegan – and he’d yell, ‘Joey, keep the faith,’.