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Catholicky

Catholicky adjective: relating to or characteristic of Catholicism.

Adjective

Catholicky (comparative more Catholicky, superlative most Catholicky)

  1. (rare) Relating to or characteristic of Catholicism.
    • It was to my mother's credit and theirs that neither side had any idea about the other's religious bent until we made an Easter visit to Lurgan and Dungannon one year and found Mr O'Hagan had Catholicky statues everywhere in his home, while the centrepiece of Mr Carson's grand dining table was a...2001, Anne Robinson, Memoirs of An Unfit Mother, New York, NY: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 36

Forms of Catholicky

comparativemore Catholicky
superlativemost Catholicky

Origin of Catholicky

From Catholic + -y.

Questions about Catholicky

What does Catholicky mean?
Catholicky means relating to or characteristic of Catholicism.
What part of speech is Catholicky?
Catholicky is an adjective.

Words near Catholicky in the dictionary

  1. catholicizes
  2. catholicizing
  3. Catholick
  4. catholickly
  5. Catholicks
  6. Catholicky
  7. catholicly
  8. catholicness
  9. catholicoi
  10. catholicon
  11. catholicons

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