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/kəˈθɔləsɪzm/ · noun
The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity..
1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery this broken consent is not an infallible testimony of the catholicism of the doctrine
Use catholicism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Catholicism means The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity..
Common synonyms include catholicity.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery this broken consent is not an infallible testimony of the catholicism of the doctrine
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