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Roman Catholic

noun

A member of the Roman Catholic Church.

The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy. Synonyms: Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church.

adjective

Of or relating to or supporting Romanism. Synonyms: papist, papistic, papistical, popish, R.C., Roman, Romanist, romish.

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... a very simple oath or affirmation of allegiance, in a form compatible with any shade of religious belief or unbelief. Any male British subject who is of age is qualified for election, unless he belongs to one of a few small groups—notably peers (except Irish); clergy of the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England, and the Church of Scotland; certain office-holders; bankrupts; and persons convicted of treason, felony, or corrupt practices. A member is not required to be a resident of the electoral district which he represents. Once elected, a man ...

— The Governments of Europe • Frederic Austin Ogg

... difference between them is that the Christians have cut off the pigtail, while the Sansar retain it. In some families the father may be a Sansar and the son a Kiristan, and they live together without any distinction. The Christians belong to the Roman Catholic and Lutheran Missions, but though they all know their Church, they naturally have little or no idea ...

— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV - Kumhar-Yemkala • R.V. Russell

... the infidelity of his wife, the culprit was forthwith consigned to the care of the abbess, and forced to take up her abode in that monastic institution. Or, again—did some female openly neglect her religious duties, or imprudently express an opinion antagonistic to the Roman Catholic Church, the family to which she belonged would remove her to the spiritual care of ...

— Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf • George W. M. Reynolds

... and Roman Catholic churches, "Confirmation is the sequel of baptism." Here comes in one of the duties of the godparents, and should the child become orphaned, or should its parents by reason of carelessness, or irreligion, neglect ...

— Social Life - or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society • Maud C. Cooke

... Rural Rides. "This then is the very house where William Cobbett used to stay seventy or eighty years ago," I said. She had never heard of William Cobbett; she only knew that at that date it had been tenanted by a farmer named Blount, a Roman Catholic, who had some curious ...

— Afoot in England • W.H. Hudson

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