catholicity

See also: Catholicity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English catholic

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itās

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English catholicity

From catholic + -ity.

Noun

catholicity (usually uncountable, plural catholicities)

1. The quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive.

   Synonyms: universality, comprehensiveness

   • 2026, Pope Leo XIV, chapter 1, in Magnifica humanitas‎^[1]:

     This attitude of openness to truth, which is at the same time both one and diverse, profoundly expresses the catholicity of the Church, for she embraces the entire human family yet is also immersed in the concrete situations of peoples and cultures.

Derived terms

• noncatholicity

Translations

the quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive

• Catalan: catolicitat f
• Esperanto: katolikeco
• French: catholicité (fr) f
• Galician: universalidade (gl) f, catolicidade (gl) f
• German: Katholizität f, Katholikentum n
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: καθολικότης f (katholikótēs)

• Ido: katolikeso (io)
• Irish: caitliceacht f
• Italian: cattolicità f
• Manx: co-chadjinys m
• Polish: rozległość (pl) f, szerokość (pl) f, wszechstronność (pl) f, powszechność (pl) f, uniwersalność f
• Portuguese: universalidade (pt) f
• Romanian: catolicitate f