roman catholic
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1. the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy (noun.group)
hypernym | : | catholic church, |
definition | : | any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | rome, |
definition | : | the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church (noun.group) |
part holonym | : | curia, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church (noun.group) |
member holonym | : | roman catholic, |
definition | : | a member of the Roman Catholic Church (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | indulgence, |
definition | : | the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | divine office, |
definition | : | canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church) (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | little office, |
definition | : | a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary; similar to but shorter than the Divine Office (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | office of the dead, |
definition | : | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | placebo, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | confession, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | beatification, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | canonisation, canonization, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | mass, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | novena, |
definition | : | a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | stations, stations of the cross, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | monstrance, ostensorium, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration (noun.artifact) |
domain member category | : | pallium, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back (noun.artifact) |
domain member category | : | ultramontanism, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope (noun.cognition) |
domain member category | : | sursum corda, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a Latin versicle meaning `lift up your hearts' (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | breviary, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | missal, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | vulgate, |
definition | : | the Latin edition of the Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4th century; as revised in 1592 it was adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | paternoster, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer in Latin; translates as `our father' (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | mass card, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged for a Mass to be said in memory of the deceased (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | spiritual bouquet, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a card indicating that the sender will perform certain devotional acts on behalf of another (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | kiss of peace, pax, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | gradual, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass (noun.communication) |
domain member category | : | curia, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church (noun.group) |
domain member category | : | college of cardinals, sacred college, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes (noun.group) |
domain member category | : | rota, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts (noun.group) |
domain member category | : | apostolic delegate, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | bishop, |
definition | : | a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | brother, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | cardinal, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | dean, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | doctor, doctor of the church, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | domestic prelate, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a priest who is an honorary member of the papal household (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | internuncio, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | monsignor, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | nuncio, papal nuncio, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | penitent, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor) (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | postulator, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | provincial, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | seminarian, seminarist, |
definition | : | a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | sister, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address) (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | beguine, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | vicar-general, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | ambrose, saint ambrose, st. ambrose, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397) (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | augustine, augustine of hippo, saint augustine, st. augustine, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430) (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | baeda, beda, bede, saint baeda, saint beda, saint bede, st. baeda, st. beda, st. bede, the venerable bede, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735) (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | bruno, saint bruno, st. bruno, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101) (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | irenaeus, saint irenaeus, st. irenaeus, |
definition | : | Greek theologian who was bishop of Lyons and an antiheretical writer; a saint and Doctor of the Church (circa 130-200) (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | john chrysostom, st. john chrysostom, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407) (noun.person) |
domain member category | : | holy year, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 years) (noun.time) |
domain member category | : | canonical hour, |
definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer (noun.time) |
domain member category | : | great schism, |
definition | : | the period from 1378 to 1417 during which there were two papacies in the Roman Catholic Church, one in Rome and one in Avignon (noun.time) |
2. a member of the Roman Catholic Church (noun.person)
hypernym | : | catholic, |
definition | : | a member of a Catholic church (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | papist, |
definition | : | an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | ultramontane, |
definition | : | a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline) (noun.person) |
3. of or relating to or supporting Romanism (adj.pert)
derivation | : | papist, |
definition | : | an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy (noun.person) |
derivation | : | papist, |
definition | : | an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy (noun.person) |
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