Catholicism

See also: catholicism

English

Etymology

Compare French catholicisme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈθɔləsɪzm/

Noun

Catholicism (usually uncountable, plural Catholicisms)

  1. The faiths, practices and doctrines of a Catholic Church, but especially of the Roman Catholic Church.
    • 2011, Connie Green, Religious Diversity and Children's Literature, p 156
      Catholicism is the second largest religious body after Sunni Muslims

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