catholicism

See also: Catholicism

English

Etymology

From catholic +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈθɔləsɪzm/

Noun

catholicism (usually uncountable, plural catholicisms)

1. The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity.
   • 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery

     this broken consent is not an infallible testimony of the catholicism of the doctrine

2. Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.

Translations

state of being catholic, universal

• Galician: catolicismo (gl) m
• German: Katholizismus (de), Katholizismus (de) n