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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a member of the church formed in the 19th century by German Catholics who refused to accept the infallibility of the Pope
Merriam Webster's
noun Date: 1871 a member of one of various hierarchical and liturgical churches separating from the Roman Catholic Church at various times since the 18th century
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Catholic Cath"o*lic, n. 1. A person who accepts the creeds which are received in common by all parts of the orthodox Christian church. 2. An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic. Old Catholic, the name assumed in 1870 by members of the Roman Catholic church, who denied the ecumenical character of the Vatican Council, and rejected its decrees, esp. that concerning the infallibility of the pope, as contrary to the ancient Catholic faith.
