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catholicity

catholicity noun: the quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive.

Noun (1)

catholicity (usually uncountable, plural catholicities)

  1. (usually) The quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive.
    • This attitude of openness to truth, which is at the same time both one and diverse, profoundly expresses the catholicity of the Church, for she embraces the entire human family yet is also immersed in the concrete situations of peoples and cultures.2026, Pope Leo XIV, chapter 1, in Magnifica humanitas

Noun (2) capitalized: Catholicity

Catholicity (uncountable)

  1. Catholicism.

catholicity meaning in Tamil

catholicity in Tamil

எல்லாவற்றையும் அகப்படுத்திய நிலை, விரிந்த உளப்பாங்கு, அகவெறுப்பின்மை, காழ்ப்பின்மை, கத்தோலிக்க சமயக்கோட்பாட்டில் உடன்பாடு

Synonyms of catholicity

Forms of catholicity

pluralcatholicities

Origin of catholicity

From catholic + -ity.

From Catholic + -ity.

Words formed from catholicity

Questions about catholicity

What does catholicity mean?
Catholicity means the quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive.
What is catholicity in Tamil?
Catholicity in Tamil is எல்லாவற்றையும் அகப்படுத்திய நிலை, விரிந்த உளப்பாங்கு, அகவெறுப்பின்மை. See Catholicity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is catholicity?
Catholicity is a noun.
What is the plural of catholicity?
The plural of catholicity is catholicities.

Words near catholicity in the dictionary

  1. catholicises
  2. catholicising
  3. catholicism
  4. catholicisms
  5. catholicities
  6. catholicity
  7. Catholicization
  8. catholicize
  9. catholicized
  10. Catholicizer
  11. Catholicizers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catholicity (page history and authors); Catholicity (page history and authors); catholicity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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