Catholicism
noun
Ca·thol·i·cism
kə-ˈthä-lə-ˌsi-zəm 
2
: the faith, practice, or system of Catholic Christianity
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In addition to the financing of Catholicism by the state, and the participation of the Archbishop of Monaco in official ceremonies…the Catholic authorities are consulted by the public authorities on subjects with a moral and religious dimension.
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Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
Contemporary accounts describe Antoine as a pious person, initially committed to Catholicism, then to spiritualism.
—Emilien Hofman (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
Though Edward’s successor, Mary I, reversed her brother’s religious reforms and sought to restore Catholicism, Elizabeth I, the last of Henry’s children to wear the English crown, embraced Protestantism once again.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
In Catholicism, churches all around the world hold relics of saints and even Jesus Christ himself that serve as places of pilgrimage and for a connection to the greater Roman Church.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2025
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Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
Contemporary accounts describe Antoine as a pious person, initially committed to Catholicism, then to spiritualism.
—Emilien Hofman (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
Though Edward’s successor, Mary I, reversed her brother’s religious reforms and sought to restore Catholicism, Elizabeth I, the last of Henry’s children to wear the English crown, embraced Protestantism once again.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
In Catholicism, churches all around the world hold relics of saints and even Jesus Christ himself that serve as places of pilgrimage and for a connection to the greater Roman Church.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Catholicism
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“Catholicism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Catholicism. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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