catholicissimus
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Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ka.tʰo.liˈkis.si.mus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.to.liˈt͡ʃis.si.mus/,
Adjective
catholicissimus (superlative, feminine catholicissima, neuter catholicissimum); first/second declension
- superlative degree of catholicus
- c. 980, St. Celsus, Inventio Celsi:
- Imperator uero, uti Catholicissimus mundialis aulæ rector, tanto tanti Pontificis coniubilans voto, præ nimia mentis alacritate […]
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- 1828, François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon, Correspondance, page 336:
- Libelli contextus perspicacissimis et quietismo infensissimis theologis catholicissimus videtur. Auctor archiepiscopus sanctæ sedi et Beatitudini Vestræ singulari reverentiâ ac studio devinctus est ac submissus; singula quæque illi objecta in sensum catholicissimum solvit.
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Declension
First/second-declension adjective.