Main Entry: ca·thol·i·cos

Pronunciation: \kə-ˈthȯ-li-kȯs\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural ca·thol·i·cos·es \-kȯ-səz\ or ca·thol·i·coi \-ˌkȯi\

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: Late Greek katholikos, from Greek, general

Date: 1878

: a primate of certain Eastern churches and especially of the Armenian or of the Nestorian church