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roman catholic
OXFORD DICTIONARY
roman catholic, adj. & n.
--adj. of the part of the Christian Church acknowledging the Pope as its head.
--n. a member of this Church.
--adj. of the part of the Christian Church acknowledging the Pope as its head.
--n. a member of this Church.
Derivative
Roman Catholicism n.
Etymology
17th-c. transl. L (Ecclesia) Romana Catholica (et Apostolica), app. orig. as a conciliatory term: see ROMAN, CATHOLIC
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