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Definition: Catholic Church |
Catholic ChurchNoun1. Any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Catholic Church (The). The Church considered as a whole, as distinguished from parish churches. When the Western Church broke off from the Eastern, the Eastern Church called itself the Orthodox Church, and the Western Church adopted the term Catholic. At the Reformation the Western Church was called by the Reformers the Roman Catholic Church, and the British Established Church was called the "Protestant Church," the "Reformed National Church," or the "Anglo-Catholic Church." It is foolish and misleading to call the Anglican Church the Catholic Church, as at most it is only a branch thereof. No Protestant would think of calling himself a Catholic. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: Catholic ChurchSynonym: Roman Catholic Church. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Orthodoxy | The Church; Catholic Church, Universal Church, Apostolic Church, Established Church; temple of the Holy Ghost; Church of Christ, body of Christ, members of Christ, disciples of Christ, followers of Christ; Christian, Christian community; true believer; canonist; (theologian); Christendom, collective body of Christians. |
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Crosswords: Catholic Church |
| English words defined with "Catholic Church": Old Catholic Church. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Catholic Church": Bell, Book, and Candle ♦ Candle-holder, Care-cloth, Clapping the Prayer Books ♦ Datary ♦ Feast, Fish-day, Flogged by Deputy ♦ Galilei, Galileo, Green Sleeves and Pudding Pies ♦ Holy League ♦ Marriages, mass wine ♦ Oracle of the Holy Bottle, Bacbuc, Orders ♦ Passionists ♦ Stations. (references) |
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Screenplays | The first vampire created by the Catholic Church. (Vampires; writing credit: Don Jakoby) At the request of the Catholic Church, a three-day sex orgy to be held near Rio de Janeiro was cancelled last Friday. (Saturday Night Live; writing credit: Doug Abeles; Leo Allen) | |
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 | The Vallejo Street Catholic Church. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 696. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | St. Mary's Catholic Church. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 698. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Catholic Church at Kolonia. Credit: Small World. |  | [A Roman Catholic Church in a convalescent town, Harbin]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Roman Catholic church services on the ship's after deck, while she was at Algiers, Algeria, circa 1944. Note the use of the U.S. Ensign and signal flags as a backdrop, and the cruiser's aircraft catapults flanking the ceremonies. Credit: NAVY. |  | Catholic Church of St. Alexander (1899-1903), southeast view, Viatka, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
 | Destruction of the Catholic church, April 27, '99, Kirksville, Mo., U.S.A. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church (209 West 132nd St., New York). Mural depicting "The Resurrection." Elevation. Collage. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Catholic Church, Bar Harbor, Mt. [i.e. Mount] Desert Island, Me. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mall and catholic church, Old Orchard, Me. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Yet even there, on the hill of Calvary, He founded the holy catholic church against which, it is promised, the gates of hell shall not prevail. |
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Children | Canada | In May 2000, the Catholic Church announced that it would participate in a "compassion fund," but would not issue a formal apology or admit fault in the cases. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Fiji | Also in August a Catholic church was desecrated. (references) |
Armenia | He was the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to visit the country. (references) | |
Economic History | Cuba (09/01) | The largest organized religion is the Roman Catholic Church. (references) |
Guyana | Catholic Standard (voice of the Catholic Church, weekly), Colin Smith, editor. (references) | |
Sweden | At the same time, he broke with the Catholic Church and established the Reformation. (references) | |
Human Rights | Colombia | On September 9, armed men shot and killed Sister Yolanda Ceron, a human rights worker for the Catholic Church, in Tumaco, Narino department. (references) |
Colombia | The ICRC, the Colombian Red Cross, the Roman Catholic Church, elements of the Government and security forces, and foreign governments provide such training. (references) | |
Panama | After 1 week of inmates strikes, the National Prison Director met with the Ombudsman, eight foreign inmates, and representatives of the Catholic Church and negotiated an end to the hunger strike. (references) | |
Minorities | Bangladesh | On June 3, in Baniachar, Gopalganj district, a bomb exploded inside a Catholic church during Sunday mass, killing 10 persons and injuring 20 others. (references) |
Ghana | After a member of the Kingdom of God ministries allegedly burned down a local shrine, the tendaabas banned religious activities of all churches except the Roman Catholic Church, until May 2000 when the Regional Coordinating Council brokered a resolution. (references) | |
Indonesia | A number of bombings and bombing attempts primarily targeted against Christian facilities occurred throughout the year, including at the Santa Anna Catholic Church in Jakarta on July 22. The bombing injured at least 70 persons, including a 7-month old infant and a 4-year old girl. (references) | |
Political Economy | COLOMBIA | A Roman Catholic Church study conducted in May 1999 found that approximately 2.7 million children work, including approximately 700,000 who labor as coca pickers. (references) |
Women | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Marion House, a social services agency established by the Catholic Church in 1989 and staffed by four trained counselors and three foreign volunteers, provides counseling and therapy services. (references) |
Chile | In the face of heavy opposition from the Catholic Church, the Chamber of Deputies approved a divorce bill in 1997; the bill faces Senate opposition but was still on the legislative agenda at year's end. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Chile | A 1998 Catholic Church study estimated that 50,000 children under the age of 15 worked. (references) |
Brazil | According to Catholic Church activists, six activists had been killed in Para state as of August. (references) | |
Colombia | A second conference sponsored by the IOM, the Catholic Church, several local NGO's, and the city of Medellin took place in Medellin in November. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FEAST, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for abstemiousness. In the Roman Catholic Church feasts are "movable" and "immovable," but the celebrants are uniformly immovable until they are full. In their earliest development these entertainments took the form of feasts for the dead; such were held by the Greeks, under the name Nemeseia, by the Aztecs and Peruvians, as in modern times they are popular with the Chinese; though it is believed that the ancient dead, like the modern, were light eaters. Among the many feasts of the Romans was the Novemdiale, which was held, according to Livy, whenever stones fell from heaven. |
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John Ashcroft | Well, my view is that it's a great tragedy. I am disappointed, but I also recognize the fact that the Catholic Church has been a tremendous value to this culture. |
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Expressions using "Catholic Church": old Catholic Church ♦ orthodox Catholic Church ♦ roman catholic church ♦ the catholic church. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "Catholic Church"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 天主教 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | katolická církev (the catholic church). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Vrij-Katholieke Kerk (Liberal Catholic Church), VKK (Liberal Catholic Church), Oud-Katholiek Kerk in Nederland (Old Catholic Church in the Netherlands), Nederlands Instituut voor Katholieke Kerkmuziek, Utrecht (Netherlands Institute of Catholic Church Music). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Institut néerlandais de Musique religieuse catholique (Netherlands Institute of Catholic Church Music). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Niederlaendisches Institut fuer Katholische Kirchenmusik (Netherlands Institute of Catholic Church Music). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 公教会 , カトリック教会 (cadmium, cattleya). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うきょうかい, カトリックきょうかい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Yn Agglish Raueagh (The Catholic Church), Yn Agglish Chatoleagh (The Catholic Church). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atholiccay urchchay igreja católica. (various references) iglesia católica. (various references) katolik kilisesi (catholicism, catholicity, collegiate church, roman catholic church). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Catholic Church" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: catholic churchs. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-c-h-h-h-i-l-o-r-t-u" | |
-5 letters: haircloth, ultrachic. | |
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