Meaning Of The Word Old Catholic

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Old Catholic in American English
a member of any of a number of nationalist churches rejecting various Roman Catholic tenets (esp. papal supremacy and papal infallibility) officially promulgated in relatively recent times: the churches were organized mainly in the late 19th cent.
noun: a member of any of several European churches professing to be truly Catholic but rejecting certain modern Roman Catholic doctrines, dogmas, and practices, esp. the dogma of papal infallibility

Old Catholic in British English
adjective: of or relating to several small national Churches which have broken away from the Roman Catholic Church on matters of doctrine
noun: a member of one of these Churches

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