catholicity

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catholicity¹

noun catholicities

  1. uncountable, usually The quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive. This attitude of openness to truth, which is at the same time both one and diverse, profoundly expresses the catholicity of the Church, for she embraces the entire human family yet is also immersed in the concrete situations of peoples and cultures.

    Similar: universality, comprehensiveness

Catholicity²

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From Catholic + -ity.

noun

  1. uncountable Catholicism.

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noun the quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive

Portuguêsuniversalidade
Françaiscatholicité
DeutschKatholizität, Katholikentum
Italianocattolicità
Românăcatolicitate

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@misc{catholicity_2026,
  title = {catholicity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/catholicity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}