- Catholic(also Roman Catholic)
belonging to or connected with the part of the Christian Church that has the Pope as its leader Topics Religion and festivalsc1全体基督教徒的;基督教会的 - (often Catholic)(specialist)
connected with all Christians or the whole Christian Church 全体基督教徒的;基督教会的 - (formal)
including many or most things 包罗万象的;广泛的 to have catholic tastes (= to like many different things) 爱好广泛的
Word Originlate Middle English (in senses (1 and 2)): from Old French catholique or late Latin catholicus, from Greek katholikos ‘universal’, from kata ‘in respect of’ + holos ‘whole’.