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Catholic Church

–noun Roman Catholic Church.
a visible society of baptized Christians professing the same faith under the authority of the invisible head (Christ) and the authority of the visible head (the pope and the bishops in communion with him).

Origin:
1400–50; late ME
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Catholic Church  
n.  The Roman Catholic Church.
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