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Roman Catholic

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Christianity
ˌRoman ˈCatholic adjective  RRC (abbreviation RC) belonging or relating to the part of the Christian religion whose leader is the Pope (罗马)天主教的 SYN Catholic, → Protestant a Roman Catholic priest 一名天主教神父Roman Catholic noun [countable]Roman Catholicism noun [uncountable]
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Roman CatholicAway from the shops, the Roman Catholic church faced a wide tree-lined eighteenth-century street.The Roman Catholic church forbade the wedding of cousins.In the west it is the Roman Catholic Church that holds the most rigid and illiberal religious beliefs.Aristide, a left-wing Roman Catholic priest, had won by a landslide in the presidential elections on Dec. 16.
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Roman Catholic
ˌRoman ˈCatholic adjective
(abbreviation RC) belonging or relating to the part of the Christian religion whose leader is the Pope
   SYN  CatholicProtestant:
    a Roman Catholic priest
—Roman Catholic noun [countable]
—ˌRoman Caˈtholicism noun [uncountable]


Roman CatholicBrE /ˌrəʊmən ˈkæθlɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌroʊmən ˈkæθlɪk/ 🔊 (also Cath·olic) noun (abbreviation RC) a member of the part of the Christian Church that has the Pope as its leader 天主教徒 Roman Catholic (also Cath·olic) adjective Roman Catholicism BrE /ˌrəʊmən kəˈθɒləsɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˌroʊmən kəˈθɑːləsɪzəm/ 🔊 (also Cath·oli·cism) noun [uncountable]