catholic

     

Catholic is an ajective derived from the Greek adjective 'καθολικός' / 'katholikos', meaning "general" or "universal" (cf. Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon).

Trivia about catholic

  • No surprise--at 88%, it's the most practiced religion in the Republic of Ireland
  • In contrast to their Orthodox cousins, the majority of Croatians are of this Christian denomination
  • ...in this faith whose name comes from the Greek for "universal"