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catholic adjective [ ˈkaθ(ə)lɪk ]

• including a wide variety of things; all-embracing.
• "her tastes are pretty catholic"
Similar: diverse, diversified, wide, broad, broad-based, eclectic, indiscriminate, open-minded, broad-minded, liberal, tolerant, undogmatic, flexible, unbigoted, unprejudiced, unsectarian, ecumenical, general, universal, widespread, global, worldwide, comprehensive, all-encompassing all-embracing, all-inclusive, unlimited,
Opposite: limited, narrow,
Origin: late Middle English : from Catholic.

Catholic adjective

• of the Roman Catholic faith.

Catholic noun

• a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French catholique or late Latin catholicus, from Greek katholikos ‘universal’, from kata ‘in respect of’ + holos ‘whole’.


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