Roman Catholic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of the Roman Catholic Church
  2. noun the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
    Western Church; Roman Church; Roman Catholic Church; Church of Rome.
  3. adjective of or relating to or supporting Romanism
    papist; popish; papistic; romish; R.C.; papistical; Roman; Romanist.
    • the Roman Catholic Church

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Definitions
  1. of, pertaining to, or the religion of that church of which the pope is the spiritual head; as, a Roman Catholic priest; the Roman Catholic Church.

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