Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

catholicism

/kəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: catholi-cism
IPA: /kəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church.

Uncountable

noun

The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity.

Uncountable

noun

Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Catholicism is the second largest religious body after Sunni Muslims"
"1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery this broken consent is not an infallible testimony of the catholicism of the doctrine"

Etymology

Compare French catholicisme.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: catholicisme
Suffix: catholic

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Catholicisms (plural)

Phrases

Anglo-Catholicism anti-Catholicism Eastern Catholicism Independent Catholicism

Frequently Paired Words

Mormonism Protestantism Quakerism

Synonyms

Roman Catholicism catholicity

Rhymes With

anti-catholicism anglo-catholicism

Questions

How do you pronounce catholicism?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm/.
What does catholicism mean?: The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church.
Where does catholicism come from?: It is traced to French.

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