All 3 Uses of
catholic
in
The Souls of Black Folk
- Why not here, and perhaps elsewhere, plant deeply and for all time centres of learning and living, colleges that yearly would send into the life of the South a few white men and a few black men of broad culture, catholic tolerance, and trained ability, joining their hands to other hands, and giving to this squabble of the Races a decent and dignified peace?†
Chpt 5
- They can be met in but one way,—by the breadth and broadening of human reason, by catholicity of taste and culture.†
Chpt 6 *
- The Negro membership in other denominations has always been small and relatively unimportant, although the Episcopalians and Presbyterians are gaining among the more intelligent classes to-day, and the Catholic Church is making headway in certain sections.†
Chpt 10 *
Definitions:
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(catholic when uncapitalized) universal or inclusive of a wide range of people or interestseditor's notes: This word is seldom used in modern writing.
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) More commonly, Catholic refers to the Roman Catholic Church.