Usually means: Universal Christian institution, papal authority.
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  1. Catholic Church: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Catholic Church: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Catholic Church: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Catholic Church: Vocabulary.com
  5. Catholic Church, catholic-church: Wordnik
  6. Catholic Church: Wiktionary
  7. Catholic Church: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Catholic Church: Dictionary.com
  9. Catholic Church (disambiguation), Catholic Church, Catholic church, The Catholic Church: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Catholic church: Rhymezone
  11. Catholic Church: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. catholic church: FreeDictionary.org
  13. catholic church: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Catholic Church: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. The Catholic Church, catholic church: Encyclopedia

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  1. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)

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  1. catholic church: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Catholic Church)

▸ noun:  The Catholic Church, which consists of 24 particular churches in full communion with the Pope as the Bishop of Rome.
▸ noun:  Literally "universal church", the whole body of Christendom, especially before the division into Western and Eastern churches.
▸ noun:  Any of the independent Catholic Churches, such as the Old Catholic Church, the Polish National Catholic Church, or the Orthodox Catholic Church.
▸ noun:  Any Christian denomination that identifies explicitly as "Catholic" based on its affirmation of the Nicene Creed, such as any of the Anglican Churches.

Similar:
Latin Church, particular Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Rome, Catholicism, Bishop of Rome, Old Catholic Church, Holy See, Roman Catholic, more...

Opposite:
protestant, reformed

Types:
RomCatholic, Eastern Catholic, Western Catholic, Old Catholic, AnglicCatholic, more...

Phrases:
Roman Catholic Church, Old Catholic Church, orthodox catholic church, Catholic Apostolic Church, Chaldean Catholic Church, more...

Adjectives:
conventual, gregorian, brethren, papistical, episcopalian, observant, episcopal, catholic, legionary, papist, apostolic

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Similar:
Latin Church, particular Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Rome, Catholicism, Bishop of Rome, Old Catholic Church, Holy See, Roman Catholic, more...

Opposite:
protestant, reformed

Types:
RomCatholic, Eastern Catholic, Western Catholic, Old Catholic, AnglicCatholic, more...

Phrases:
Roman Catholic Church, Old Catholic Church, orthodox catholic church, Catholic Apostolic Church, Chaldean Catholic Church, the roman catholic church, Armenian Catholic Church, more...

Adjectives:
conventual, gregorian, brethren, papistical, episcopalian, observant, episcopal, catholic, legionary, papist, apostolic



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