Definitions for old catholic

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Old′ Cath′olic(n.)

  1. a member of certain Catholic churches that broke with Rome over various issues, as papal infallibility.

    Category: Religion

Origin of Old Catholic:

1840–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Old Catholic(noun)

    a member of the church formed in the 19th century by German Catholics who refused to accept the infallibility of the Pope


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