Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun roman_catholic

2 senses of roman catholic

Sense 1
Roman Catholic -- (a member of the Roman Catholic Church)
       => Catholic -- (a member of a Catholic church)

Sense 2
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)
       => Catholic Church -- (any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church)

Similarity of adj roman_catholic

1 sense of roman catholic

Sense 1
Roman, R.C., Romanist, romish, Roman Catholic, popish, papist, papistic, papistical -- (of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church")