Hypertext Webster Gateway: "catholicity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Catholicity \Cath`o*lic"i*ty\, n.
1. The state or quality of being catholic; universality.
2. Liberality of sentiments; catholicism.
3. Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by
all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine
so held; orthodoxy.
4. Adherence to the doctrines of the church of Rome, or the
doctrines themselves.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Catholicity
n 1: the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church [syn: {Catholicism},
{Catholicity}]
2: the quality of being universal; existing everywhere [syn: {universality}]
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