catholics

Cath-o-lics · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Members of the Roman Catholic Church.

  2. 2.

    More broadly, members of any church using "Catholic" in its name.

Related words

See also: Protestants, catholic, christianity, christians
Synonyms: Roman Catholics

Etymology

From Late Latin catholicus ("universal"), from Greek katholikos. The plural follows standard English formation with the addition of -s.