Catholic
Catholic adjective - Not limited or specialized in application or purpose.
Generic and catholic are semantically related. in all-embracing topic. In some cases you can use "Generic" instead an adjective "Catholic".
Nearby Words: catholicity, Catholicism, catholicized
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- broad and catholic
- broad and generic
- common and catholic
- common and generic
- broad-minded and catholic
- broad-minded and generic
- liberal and catholic
- liberal and generic
- all-inclusive and catholic
- all-inclusive and generic
- extensive and catholic
- extensive and generic
- sweeping and catholic
- sweeping and generic
Both words in one sentence
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In a rather weird example (to anyone who's Catholic, at least), depictions of the Pope tend to be of a rather generic guy with an Italian accent, when the last Italian Pope was John Paul I in 1978.
Source: Two Decades Behind -
In Ted 2, the outside of a church is shown which appears to be a Catholic Gothic-style structure, but when the inside is shown (during a wedding), all stained glass windows have generic symbols, there are no Christian symbols, and the "priest" is wearing generic robe-like vestment with no markings.
Source: Church of Saint Genericus - In Franz Werfel's fantasy far-future in Star Of The Unborn, the Catholic church has re-absorbed all other Christian bodies; and indeed, seems to be the only religion left in a largely Generic Humanistic world, except for a small remnant of Jews.
Source: Christianity Is Catholic
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