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Definition of Roman Catholic Church
1. Noun. The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy.
Examples of category: Indulgence, Divine Office, Little Office, Office Of The Dead, Placebo, Confession, Beatification, Canonisation, Canonization, Mass, Novena, Stations, Stations Of The Cross, Monstrance, Ostensorium, Pallium, Ultramontanism, Sursum Corda, Breviary, Missal, Vulgate, Paternoster, Mass Card, Spiritual Bouquet, Kiss Of Peace, Pax, Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Conception Of The Virgin Mary, Gradual, Curia, College Of Cardinals, Sacred College, Rota, Apostolic Delegate, Bishop, Brother, Cardinal, Dean, Doctor, Doctor Of The Church, Domestic Prelate, Internuncio, Monsignor, Nuncio, Papal Nuncio, Penitent, Postulator, Provincial, Seminarian, Seminarist, Sister, Beguine, Vicar-general, Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose, Aquinas, Saint Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas, St. Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Athanasius, Athanasius The Great, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Augustine, Augustine Of Hippo, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Basil, Basil Of Caesarea, Basil The Great, St. Basil, St. Basil The Great, Becket, Saint Thomas A Becket, St. Thomas A Becket, Thomas A Becket, Baeda, Beda, Bede, Saint Baeda, Saint Beda, Saint Bede, St. Baeda, St. Beda, St. Bede, The Venerable Bede, Apostle Of Germany, Boniface, Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith, Bruno, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno, Domingo De Guzman, Dominic, Saint Dominic, St. Dominic, Francis Of Assisi, Giovanni Di Bernardone, Saint Francis, Saint Francis Of Assisi, St. Francis, St. Francis Of Assisi, Gregory, Gregory I, Gregory The Great, Saint Gregory I, St. Gregory I, Gregory, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory Of Nazianzen, St. Gregory Of Nazianzen, Ignatius Of Loyola, Loyola, Saint Ignatius Of Loyola, St. Ignatius Of Loyola, Irenaeus, Saint Irenaeus, St. Irenaeus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Hieronymus, Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom, Holy Year, January 1, Solemnity Of Mary, Circumcision, Feast Of The Circumcision, January 1, Canonical Hour, Great Schism
Generic synonyms: Catholic Church
Terms within: Rome, Curia, College Of Cardinals, Sacred College
Member holonyms: Roman Catholic
Definition of Roman Catholic Church
1. Proper noun. That part of the Christian churches in union with the pope in Rome. ¹
2. Proper noun. The Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roman Catholic Church
Literary usage of Roman Catholic Church
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Roman Catholic church—Continued Ceremonies Religious processions in ... Am Cath
Q 41:492-9 Jl '16 Ritual Bee Roman Catholic church—Liturgy and ritual Roman ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"Roman Catholic church—Continued Worship and the reunion of Christendom. ...
152-65 ON '17 fin alen Decretals, False Roman Catholic church In Canada Canadian ..."
3. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Roman Catholic church In Great Britain. Gorman, WG Converts to Rome. ...
Roman Catholic church in Kentucky. Webb, B: J. Centenary of Catholicity in Kentucky ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Roman Catholic church in England Meyer's England and the Catholic church under
... Cath World 11)3:508-12 Jl '16 Roman Catholic church In France French ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The government of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales is under 12
bishops ruling dioceses, and 1 archbishop, head of the " province of ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The Roman Catholic Church occupies, so far as numbers are concerned, the second
place in each of the states, with the exception of South Australia, ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"So does Switzerland, excepting that in this country a more exacting control is
exercised over the Roman Catholic Church. In Denmark the Evangelical Lutheran ..."
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