Roman Catholic Church

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

the Roman Catholic Church

2. Synonym of Catholic Church, the one led by the Roman Pope. [from 16th c.]
4. Latin Church, the largest of the autonomous particular churches of the Catholic Church.

Synonyms

• Church of Rome

Related terms

• Eastern Catholic
• Greek Catholic
• Roman Catholic

Translations

Catholic Church

• Afrikaans: Rooms-Katolieke Kerk
• Amharic: የሮማ ካቶሊክ ቤተ ክርስቲያን (yäroma katolik betä kərsətiyan)
• Arabic: اَلْكَنِيسَة اَلْرُومَانِيَّة اَلْكَاثُولِيكِيَّة f (al-kanīsa(t) al-rūmāniyya(t) al-kāṯūlīkiyya)
• Armenian: Հռոմի Կաթոլիկ եկեղեցի (Hṙomi Katʻolik ekeġecʻi)
• Azerbaijani: Roma-Katolik kilsəsi (az)
• Basque: Erromatar Eliza Katolikoa
• Belarusian: Рымска-Каталіцкая Царква f (Rymska-Katalickaja Carkva)
• Bengali: রোমান ক্যাথলিক গির্জা (rōman kêtholik girja)
• Breton: Iliz katolik roman f
• Bulgarian: Римска католическа църква f (Rimska katoličeska cǎrkva)
• Catalan: Església Catòlica Romana f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅馬公教 / 罗马公教 (zh) (Luómǎ Gōngjiào)

• Danish: romersk-katolske kirke c
• Dutch: Rooms-Katholieke Kerk f
• Estonian: Rooma-katoliku kirik
• Faroese: Rómversk-katólska kirkjan
• Finnish: roomalaiskatolinen kirkko
• French: Église catholique romaine (fr) f, Église catholique apostolique romaine (fr) f (formal)
• Galician: Igrexa católica romana f
• Georgian: რომის კათოლიკური ეკლესია (romis ḳatoliḳuri eḳlesia)
• German: Römisch-Katholische Kirche f (less common in German than in English)
• Greek: Ρωμαιοκαθολική Εκκλησία f (Romaiokatholikí Ekklisía)
• Hindi: कैथोलिक गिरजाघर m (kaitholik girjāghar)
• Hungarian: Római katolikus egyház
• Icelandic: Rómversk-kaþólska kirkjan f
• Indonesian: Gereja Katolik Roma
• Irish: Eaglais Chaitliceach Rómhánach f
• Italian: Chiesa cattolica romana f (less common in Italian than in English)
• Kazakh: Рим-католик шіркеуі (Rim-katolik şırkeuı)
• Korean: 로마 가톨릭교회 (roma gatollikgyohoe)
• Latin: Ecclesia Catholica Romana f
• Latvian: Romas Katoļu baznīca f
• Lithuanian: Romos Katalikų Bažnyčia f
• Macedonian: Римокатоличка црква f (Rimokatolička crkva)
• Malagasy: Eglizy Katolika Apostolika Romana
• Malay: Gereja Roman Katolik
• Malayalam: റോമൻ കത്തോലിക്കാ സഭ (ṟōmaṉ kattōlikkā sabha)
• Marathi: रोमन कॅथलिक चर्च m (roman kĕthlik carca)
• Nepali: रोमन क्याथोलिक चर्च (roman kyātholik carca)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Den romersk-katolske kirke f

• Occitan: Glèisa Catolica Romana f
• Persian: کلیسای کاتولیک رومی (kelisâi kâtolik rumi)
• Portuguese: Igreja Católica Romana f
• Romanian: biserica romano-catolică f
• Romansh: Baselgia catolica romana f
• Russian: Ри́мско-католи́ческая це́рковь f (Rímsko-katolíčeskaja cérkovʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais an Ròimh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Римокатоличка црква f

  Latin: Rimokatolička Cȓkva f

• Slovene: Rimskokatoliška cerkev f, Rimokatoliška cerkev f
• Spanish: Iglesia católica romana f
• Swahili: Kanisa Katoliki la Roma
• Swedish: romersk-katolska kyrkan c
• Tagalog: Simbahang Katolika Romana
• Tamil: உரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை (ta) (urōmaṉ kattōlikka tiruccapai)
• Telugu: రోమన్ కాథలిక్ చర్చి (rōman kāthalik carci)
• Thai: คริสตจักรโรมันคาทอลิก
• Turkish: Roma Katolik Kilisesi (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ри́мо-като́ли́цька церква f (Rýmo-katólýcʹka cerkva)
• Volapük: glüg romakatulik
• Welsh: Eglwys Gatholig Rufeinig f

Further reading

• “Roman Catholic Church”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Roman Catholic Church”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Roman Catholic Church”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “Roman Catholic Church”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Catholic church on Wikipedia.Wikipedia