catholic

/หˆkรฆฮธ(ษ™)lษชk/

IPA: /K AE1 TH L IH0 K/

adjective
  1. 1

    Of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from e.g. the Orthodox church.

    โ€œChristmas is celebrated at different dates in the Catholic and Orthodox calendars.โ€

  2. 2

    Of the Roman Catholic church in particular.

    โ€œCatholic churches are built differently than Protestant ones.โ€

adjective
  1. 1

    Universal; all-encompassing.

  2. 2

    Pertaining to all kinds of people and their range of tastes, proclivities etc.; liberal.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Catholic, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/catholic