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post-Catholic

adj
/ˌpəʊstˈkæθəlɪk/

Etymology

From post- + Catholic.

  1. derived from καθολικός — “universal”
  2. derived from catholicus
  3. derived from catholique
  4. prefixed as post-catholic — “post + Catholic”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a society where Catholic values are no longer relevant.

    • It was predictable that this post-Catholic American-Lebanese writer would be highlighted from a Lebanese-Egyptian journal that had long pioneered pan-Arab national consciousness in Egypt.

  2. An advocate of a society with values postdating Catholicism.

    • Like Hunt, I am a postCatholic, but it is difficult for me to define Christians as justice-seeking.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA