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# catholic

«catholic» in Mova's school dictionary: **Belonging to the Roman Catholic Church, the Christian…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (Catholic; catholic); noun (a Catholic, Catholics)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Catholic, capital C) Belonging to the Roman Catholic Church, the Christian church led by the Pope: a Catholic school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#m1)

2) (noun) A member of the Catholic Church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#m2)

3) (catholic, small c, formal) Including many different kinds of things; wide-ranging: catholic tastes in music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In RE lessons pupils learn about Catholic churches, Mass and the Pope; many schools in Ireland, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA are Catholic schools. The small-c meaning is formal and rare. Phrases: Catholic school, Roman Catholic, a Catholic church, catholic tastes.

### examples

- My cousin goes to a Catholic school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#x1)
- Catholics go to Mass on Sundays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#x2)
- The Pope is the leader of the Catholic Church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#x3)
- Ireland has many Catholic churches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#x4)
- (formal) He has catholic tastes and reads everything from comics to science books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#x5)
- Our Catholic primary school is next to the church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/#x6)

### note

Capital C for the Church and its members; small c for "wide-ranging". The religion is Catholicism. Catholics are Christians; so are Protestants and Orthodox Christians.

### In the corpora

- [The Reformation split western Christianity into Catholic and Protestant churches, which led to long wars and later to more religious freedom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation/11/)
- [Catholics and Orthodox count seven sacraments; most Protestants count two, baptism and communion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/7/)
- [Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian churches baptise babies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/10/)
- [Catholic children often receive First Communion at about seven or eight.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/18/)
- [A vicar or rector leads a Church of England parish; priests serve in Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «catholic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catholic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.