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catholicon

/kəˈθɒlɪkɒn/

catholicon noun: a supposed universal remedy.

Noun

catholicon (plural catholica or catholicons)

  1. A supposed universal remedy.
  2. (Orthodox Christianity) A large urban church used for large gatherings.

Proper noun capitalized: Catholicon

Catholicon

  1. an early Latin dictionary, the Summa grammaticalis quae vocatur Catholicon

catholicon meaning in Tamil

catholicon in Tamil

பலநோய் மருந்து, சஞ்சீவி

Synonyms of catholicon

Forms of catholicon

pluralcatholica
pluralcatholicons

Origin of catholicon

Late Middle English, via Medieval Latin from Ancient Greek καθολικόν (katholikón, “that which is universal”), the neuter substantive form of καθολικός (katholikós).

Words formed from catholicon

Questions about catholicon

What does catholicon mean?
Catholicon means a supposed universal remedy.
What is catholicon in Tamil?
Catholicon in Tamil is பலநோய் மருந்து, சஞ்சீவி. See Catholicon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is catholicon?
Catholicon can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce catholicon?
Catholicon is pronounced /kəˈθɒlɪkɒn/.
What is the plural of catholicon?
The plural of catholicon is catholica.

Words near catholicon in the dictionary

  1. Catholicks
  2. Catholicky
  3. catholicly
  4. catholicness
  5. catholicoi
  6. catholicon
  7. catholicons
  8. catholicos
  9. catholicosate
  10. catholicosates
  11. catholicoses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catholicon (page history and authors); Catholicon (page history and authors); catholicon (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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