noun
the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church
• Syn: ↑Catholicism
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Catholic (for: ↑Catholicism), ↑catholicize (for: ↑Catholicism)
• Hypernyms: ↑Christianity, ↑Christian religion
• Hyponyms: ↑Romanism, ↑Roman Catholicism, ↑papism, ↑Eastern Catholicism
Useful english dictionary. 2012.