catholic: [14] Etymologically, the Catholic Church is the universal church, comprising all Christians. For catholic comes ultimately from a Greek word, katholikós, meaning ‘relating to all, general’. It was a derivative of kathólou, a compound formed from katá ‘relating to’ and hólos ‘whole’ (source of English holism and holistic). It passed into English via Old French catholique or ecclesiastical Latin catholicus. Its original meaning is preserved today in such contexts as ‘catholic tastes’ – that is, ‘wideranging tastes’. => holistic
catholic (adj.)
mid-14c., "of the doctrines of the ancient Church," literally "universally accepted," from French catholique, from Church Latin catholicus "universal, general," from Greek katholikos, from phrase kath' holou "on the whole, in general," from kata "about" + genitive of holos "whole" (see safe (adj.)). Applied to the Church in Rome c. 1554, after the Reformation began. General sense of "of interest to all, universal" is from 1550s.
Catholic (n.)
"member of the Roman Catholic church," 1560s, from Catholic (adj.).
例文
1. It presented in satirical terms points made in earnest by Catholic writers.
カトリック作家が丁重に表明した観点を風刺的な言葉で表現している。
2.Mr Thomas was taught by the Catholc nuns whose school he attended.
トーマス氏はカトリック修道女が創設した学校で教育を受けている。
3.A new Catholic bishop was installed in Galway yesterday.
昨日ゴールウェイで新しいカトリック司教を任命した。
4.He was a recent Catholic convert,and very zealous.
彼は最近カトリックに帰依したばかりで、熱狂的な信者だ。
5.Cuba was one of the least Catholic of the Latin countries.