A diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related names, also used as a formal given name.

(UK, dialect, Kent) The brambling finch, Fringilla montifringilla.

plural of kate

(textiles) In spinning, a device used to hold one or more spools or bobbins in place while the yarn on them is manipulated.

plural of lazy Kate

Alternative form of Kate and Sidney pie

(UK, humorous) steak and kidney pie

Relating to the katechon.

Relating to the katechon.

(theology) Someone or something (of disputed identity) whose removal is necessary before the Antichrist can be fully manifested, according to 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 in the Bible.