天主教

Chinese

the Lord of Heaven; God teach; teaching; religion
trad. (天主教) 天主 教
simp. #(天主教) 天主 教

Etymology

From the fact the term “God” is translated as 天主 (Tiānzhǔ) in Catholic bibles (Studium Biblicum Version), contrary to 上帝 (Shàngdì) in Protestantism.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

天主教

  1. Catholicism
    東儀天主教/东仪天主教  ―  Dōng Yí Tiānzhǔjiào  ―  Eastern Catholic Churches
    他改信天主教了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Tā gǎixìn Tiānzhǔjiào le. [Pinyin]
    He converted to Catholicism.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term
天主教

Noun

天主教 • (cheonjugyo) (hangeul 천주교)

  1. Alternative form of 天主敎 (“Catholic Church”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天主教

Proper noun

天主教

  1. chữ Hán form of Thiên Chúa giáo (“Catholicism”).
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