- of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church(与)天主教(有关)的, (与)罗马公教(有关)的:
a Roman Catholic bishop.
一个天主教主教。
- a member of this Church天主教教徒。
派生词
Roman Catholicism
noun词源
late 16th cent.: translation of Latin (Ecclesia) Romana Catholica (et Apostolica) 'Roman Catholic (and Apostolic Church)'. It was apparently first used as a conciliatory term in place of the earlier Roman, Romanist, or Romish, considered derogatory.