non-Catholic

noun

non-Cath·​o·​lic ˌnän-ˈkath-lik How to pronounce non-Catholic (audio)
-ˈka-thə-
: a person who is not a Catholic
services attended by both Catholics and non-Catholics
non-Catholic adjective
non-Catholic churches/clergy

Examples of non-Catholic in a Sentence

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In other households, including non-Catholic ones, the papers provoked annoyance and ire. Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2024 Millions of people – Catholic and non-Catholic, Latino and non-Latino – have made pilgrimages to the shrine to pray, to give thanks and to pay respects to this Indigenous manifestation of the Virgin. Kristy Nabhan-Warren, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2023 Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore welcome children from all backgrounds: Across all of our schools, an average of 40% of our students are children from non-Catholic families; the percentage is much higher for schools in the heart of Baltimore City. Gregory A. Farno, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2024 Regrettably, most of these friends are either still searching, have joined non-Catholic churches or are no longer members of any church. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2024 Many Americans don’t have a choice — non-Catholic hospitals are too far to reach in an emergency or aren’t in their insurance networks. Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024 But non-Catholic Christians are still my brothers and sisters in Christ. Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 20 Nov. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of non-Catholic was in 1650

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“Non-Catholic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non-Catholic. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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