catholicism

See also: Catholicism

English

Etymology

catholic +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈθɔləsɪzm/

Noun

catholicism (usually uncountable, plural catholicisms)

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
Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.

Translations

state of being catholic, universal

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

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