Old Catholic

noun

a member of any of several European churches professing to be truly Catholic but rejecting certain modern Roman Catholic doctrines, dogmas, and practices, especially the dogma of papal infallibility.

a member of any of several minor churches, especially in the U.S., differing from the Roman Catholic Church chiefly in their rejection of the ecclesiastical authority of the Roman Catholic hierarchy.

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Origin:
1840–50

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Old Catholic

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to several small national Churches which have broken away from the Roman Catholic Church on matters of doctrine

—n
2.	a member of one of these Churches

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