catholicity

noun — 2 senses

catholicity

nounalso spelled Catholicity

Etymology From catholic + -ity.

1

Usually The quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive.

  • This attitude of openness to truth, which is at the same time both one and diverse, profoundly expresses the catholicity of the Church, for she embraces the entire human family yet is also immersed in the concrete situations of peoples and cultures.2026, Pope Leo XIV, chapter 1, in Magnifica humanitas:
Derived terms
noncatholicity

Catholicity

noun

Etymology From Catholic + -ity.

1

Catholicism.

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