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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
catholic
cath·olic BrE [ˈkæθlɪk] NAmE [ˈkæθlɪk] adjective
1. Catholic = ↑Roman Catholic
•Are they Catholic or Protestant?
•a Catholic church
2. (often Catholic) (technical)connected with all Christians or the whole Christian Church
3. (formal)including many or most things
•to have catholic tastes (= to like many different things)
Word Origin:
[catholic] late 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’.
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