3. Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.
4. Adherence to the doctrines of the church of Rome, or the doctrines themselves.
Ca*thol"i*cize (?), v. t. & i. To make or to become catholic or Roman Catholic.
Cath"o*lic*ly (?), adv. In a catholic manner; generally; universally. Sir L. Cary.
Cath"o*lic*ness, n. The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity.
Ca*thol"i*con (?), n. [Gr. &?;, neut. &?;, universal. See Catholic.] (Med.) A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.
||Ca*thol"i*cos (?), n. [NL. See Catholic.] (Eccl.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis.
&fist; The Patriarch of Constantinople is the civil head of the Armenians in Turkey.
Cat`i*li*na"ri*an (?), a. [L. Catilinarius.] Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy.
Cat"i*on (?), n. [Gr. &?; downward + &?; going, p. pr. of &?; to go.] (Chem.) An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion. Faraday.
Cat"kin (?), n. [Cat + - kin.] (Bot.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.
Cat"like` (?), a. Like a cat; stealthily; noiselessly.
Cat"ling (?), n. [Cat + - ing.] 1. A little cat; a kitten. "Cat nor catling." Drummond.