Catholicism

noun

Ca·​thol·​i·​cism kə-ˈthä-lə-ˌsi-zəm How to pronounce Catholicism (audio)
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: the faith, practice, or system of Catholic Christianity

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Parents then sued, saying the books are at odds with their religions, which include Islam, Catholicism and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 28 June 2025 During the 16th-century Protestant Reformation, Scandinavian rulers shifted from Catholicism to Lutheranism. Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 27 June 2025 Born in Philadelphia in October 1888, Breen shuttled between jobs in public relations, newspaper journalism, and the U.S. consular service, yet the connecting thread was always his deep, proud, stern Irish Catholicism. Literary Hub, 24 June 2025 Climate change, like Catholicism, is a religion, too. Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for Catholicism

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First Known Use

1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of Catholicism was in 1582

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“Catholicism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Catholicism. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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