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Old Catholic

Old Catholic adjective: pertaining to a group of churches that split from the Roman Catholic Church over the dogma of papal infallibility, which they did not agree with.

Adjective

Old Catholic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a group of churches that split from the Roman Catholic Church over the dogma of papal infallibility, which they did not agree with.
    Synonyms:
    Christian Catholic

Noun

Old Catholic (plural Old Catholics)

  1. A member of an Old Catholic church.

Synonyms of Old Catholic

  • Christian Catholic

Forms of Old Catholic

pluralOld Catholics

Questions about Old Catholic

What does Old Catholic mean?
Old Catholic means pertaining to a group of churches that split from the Roman Catholic Church over the dogma of papal infallibility, which they did not agree with.
What part of speech is Old Catholic?
Old Catholic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Old Catholic in the dictionary

  1. Old Bulgarian
  2. Old Capitol Site
  3. Old Castile
  4. old cat
  5. Old Catalan
  6. Old Catholic
  7. Old Catholic Church
  8. Old Catholics
  9. Old Catton
  10. old chap
  11. old chaps

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