Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CATH-O-LIC'I-TY, n.

1. The system of doctrine, discipline and worship held by the church of Rome. In this sense the word is used chiefly by Roman Catholic writers.
2. The system of doctrine, discipline and worship held in common by the Latin or Roman Catholic church, the Oriental or Greek church, and a part of the church of England – or the system held by the fathers and councils of the first five centuries. In this sense the word is used by some writers of the English church. – Bacon.
3. The religion of the Romanists. [1841 Addenda, only definition.]