catholicior

Latin

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From catholicus +‎ -ior.

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.tʰoˈli.ki.or/, [kät̪ʰɔˈlʲɪkiɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.toˈli.t͡ʃi.or/, [kät̪oˈliːt͡ʃior]

catholicior (comparative, neuter catholicius); third declension

comparative degree of catholicus
- 1872, J. Gagarin, Les Jésuites de Russie, page 129:
  « Credas mihi, inquit, Pontifex, ut potè cæteris Catholicis principibus catholicior (sic enim ait) non male habebit, Jesuitas in hoc Imperio remanere. »
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Third-declension comparative adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	catholicior	catholicius	catholiciōrēs	catholiciōra
genitive	catholiciōris		catholiciōrum
dative	catholiciōrī		catholiciōribus
accusative	catholiciōrem	catholicius	catholiciōrēs catholiciōrīs	catholiciōra
ablative	catholiciōre catholiciōrī		catholiciōribus
vocative	catholicior	catholicius	catholiciōrēs	catholiciōra