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catholically

Variant of catholic

adjective

  1. of general scope or value; all-inclusive; universal
  2. broad in sympathies, tastes, or understanding; liberal
  3. of the Christian church as a whole; specif., of the ancient, undivided Christian church
  4. of the Christian church headed by the pope; Roman Catholic
  5. of any of the orthodox Christian churches, including the Roman, Greek Orthodox, Anglo-Catholic, etc., as distinguished from the Reformed or Protestant churches

noun

  1. a member of the universal Christian church
  2. a member of any of the Catholic churches; esp., a Roman Catholic

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