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. Said Hichborn:

   You don’t treat the head of Catholic Church as a political toy in order to push your own agenda.

2. Olivier Savignac:

   This report will show the collective responsibility of Catholic Church, we will finally have figures on the scale of the abuse, collected scientifically. We have been waiting for this for years.

3. Allison Steinberg:

   We do believe this is becoming a bigger problem now that Catholic hospitals have become bigger.

4. The ACLU:

   We have heard reports that Catholic bishops are prohibiting Catholic charities from allowing teens in their care to access critical services like contraception and abortion- even if the teenager has been raped on her journey to the United States or in a detention facility.

5. Mickie Abatemarco:

   Children can explore what their call to faith is through religious education, after baptism, parents are the child’s first teacher, but CCD or enrollment in Catholic school continues that in such a meaningful way.