Catholicism

noun

Ca·​thol·​i·​cism kə-ˈthä-lə-ˌsi-zəm 

1

: roman catholicism

2

: the faith, practice, or system of Catholic Christianity

Examples of Catholicism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There is a long tradition in Catholicism — from Pope Leo XIII to Dorothy Day — of standing with workers. —A.j. Schumann, Sun Sentinel, 6 July 2025

All these references to saints and Catholicism across New Mexico are remnants of Spanish colonialism. —Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025

The Middletown native was raised nominally evangelical and explored atheism before converting to Catholicism in 2019 at St. Gertrude Priory, which is attached to a Dominican parish in Madeira, about 12 miles northeast of Cincinnati. —Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

Tracy has absorbed an immediate, heavy, visceral form of Catholicism, or in some cases, Hinduism or Indigenous spiritual traditions. —Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing Catholicism

• Roman Catholicism

Rhymes for Catholicism

• activism
• ageism
• albinism
• altruism
• aneurism
• animism
• aphorism
• atomism
• barbarism
• bolshevism
• botulism
• brahmanism