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Acatholic vs Catholic - What's the difference?

acatholic | catholic |

As adjectives the difference between acatholic and catholic

is that acatholic is not catholic while catholic is of the western christian church, as differentiated from eg the orthodox church.

As a noun catholic is

a member of a catholic church.

acatholic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • not Catholic
    • {{quote-magazine
    , year= 1838 , magazine= The British Magazine , volume= 14 , publisher= John Turill , page= 253 , passage=In accordance herewith, therefore, especially whenever a catholic woman wishes to marry an acatholic man, she is to be diligently instructed by the bishop or parish priest as to the sentence of the canons respecting such marriages }}

    catholic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Universal; all-encompassing.
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.29:
    • Essentially, and in idea, the empire, in the minds of the Romans, was world-wide. This conception descended to the Church, which was ‘Catholic ’ in spite of Buddhists, Confucians, and (later) Muhammadans.
  • Pertaining to all kinds of people and their range of tastes, proclivities etc.; liberal.
    • He has catholic tastes.

    • Synonyms

    * universal