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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