English > Catholic Church: 1 sense > noun 1, group| Meaning | Any of several churches / churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church. |
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| Members | Catholic | A member of a Catholic church |
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| Narrower | Eastern Church, Byzantine Church | The Catholic Church as it existed in the Byzantine Empire |
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| Old Catholic Church | Catholic churches / churches that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 18th century |
| Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Church, Eastern Orthodox | derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites |
| Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church | The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy |
| Uniat Church, Uniate Church | Any of several churches in eastern Europe or the Middle East that acknowledge papal authority but retain their own liturgy |
| Broader | church, Christian church | One of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship |
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| Spanish | catolicismo, iglesia católica |
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