Catholic Dictionary
Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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- N.A.N.
- N.D.
- N.S.
- N.S.
- N.T.
- NAAMAN
- NAGASAKI
- NAHUM
- NAILS, HOLY
- NAME
- NAMES OF CHRIST
- NAMES, CHRISTIAN
- NAOMI
- NARCISSISM
- NARROW INTERPRETATION
- NATHAN
- NATHANAEL
- NATION
- NATIONAL CONFERENCES OF BISHOPS
- NATIONAL SYNOD
- NATIV. D.N.J.C.
- NATIVITY
- NATURAL CONTEMPLATION
- NATURAL END
- NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
- NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING (practice)
- NATURAL INTERNATIONAL LAW
- NATURAL KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
- NATURAL LAW
- NATURAL ORDER
- NATURAL PRECEPTS
- NATURAL RELIGION
- NATURAL RIGHT
- NATURAL SECRET
- NATURAL SELECTION
- NATURAL SINS
- NATURAL TEMPERANCE
- NATURAL THEOLOGY
- NATURAL VIRTUE
- NATURALISM
- NATURE
- NATURE AND GRACE
- NATURISM
- NAVE
- NAZARENE
- NAZARENES
- NE TEMERE DECREE
- NEBI'IM
- NEBUCHADNEZZAR
- NECESSARY
- NECESSARY CAUSE
- NECESSARY FAITH
- NECESSARY REVELATION
- NECROLOGIES
- NECROMANCY
- NECROPHILIA
- NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTE
- NEGATIVE THEOLOGY
- NEGLECT OF PRAYER
- NEGLIGENCE
- NEHEMIAH
- NEOLOGY
- NEO-MODERNISM
- NEO-ORTHODOXY
- NEOPHYTE
- NEO-PLATONISM
- NEO-SCHOLASTICISM
- NEPOTISM
- NERO
- NESCIENCE
- NESTORIAN CHURCH
- NESTORIANISM
- NET WITH FISH
- NEUTRALISM
- NEW CHRISTIANITY
- NEW COMMUNITY
- NEW COVENANT
- NEW EARTH
- NEW FIRE
- NEW HEAVEN
- NEW JERUSALEM
- NEW LAW
- NEW TESTAMENT
- NEW WORLD
- NICENE CREED
- NICHE
- NICODEMUS
- NICOLAITANS
- NIGHT OF THE SENSES
- NIGHT OF THE SPIRIT
- NIGHT PRAYER
- NIGHT WATCH
- NIHIL EX NIHILO
- NIHIL OBSTAT
- NIHIL SINE DEO
- NIHILISM
- NIMBUS
- NIMROD
- NINE CHOIRS
- NINE FRIDAYS
- NINE OFFICES
- NO.
- NOAH
- NOB.
- NOBILITY
- NOBLE GUARDS
- NOE
- NOMINALISM
- NON
- NON EXPEDIT
- NON PLACET
- NONBAPTIZED
- NONBELIEVER
- NON-CATHOLIC
- NON-CHRISTIAN
- NON-DUALISTIC ILLUSIONISM
- NONE
- NONINFALLIBLE
- NONJURORS
- NORM
- NORM OF MORALITY
- NORM OF TRUTH
- NORMAN ARCHITECTURE
- NORMS OF ORTHODOXY
- NOSSA SENHORA APARECIDA
- NOSTR.
- NOSTRA AETATE
- NOT
- NOTARIES
- NOTE
- NOTES OF THE CHURCH
- NOTHING
- NOTION
- NOTITIAE
- NOTRE DAME
- NOUMENON
- NOVATIANISM
- NOVENA
- NOVICE
- NOVICESHIP
- NOVITIATE
- NTRI
- NULLITY
- NUMBERS
- NUMBERS, RELIGIOUS
- NUMINOUS
- NUN
- NUNC DIMITTIS
- NUNC PRO TUNC
- NUNCIO
- NUP.
- NUPTIAL
- NUPTIAL BLESSING
- NUPTIAL MASS