neo-Catholic

[ ne-oh-kath-uh-lik, -kath-lik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to those Anglicans who avowedly prefer the doctrines, rituals, etc., of the Roman Catholic Church to those of the Anglican communion.

First recorded in 1835–45

These three dangerous and immoral institutions of the neo-Catholic church are foreign to original Christianity.

A dream of this sort, even if less melodramatic than Nietzsche's, has visited the mind of many a neo-Catholic or neo-pagan.

The neo-Catholic has translated it thus: An hour later, Litvinof was in his room.

When the Neo-Catholic authors embark on any subject connected with natural science, they at once become extremely comic.

The adherents of the Neo-Catholic school were and remained closely attached to the old royal family.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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