Friday, December 14, 2007

More fun with the ironies of religion

cath - o - lic [kath-uh-lik, kath-lik]

adjective

1. broad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like; having sympathies with all; broad-minded; liberal.

2. of or pertaining to or supporting Catholicism; "the Catholic Church".

[Origin: 1300–1350; Greek katholikós: general, equiv. to kathól(ou): universally]

1 Comments:

At 9:38 PM, Blogger Alexandra said...

yeah, i was really surprised to learn that catholic means "universal" in some senses. interesting and ironic.

 

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