Definition of Romanism

1. Noun. The beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome.

Exact synonyms: Papism, Roman Catholicism
Generic synonyms: Catholicism, Catholicity

Definition of Romanism

1. n. The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion.

Definition of Romanism

1. Noun. (religion pejorative archaic) The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Romanism

1. The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Romanism

romancists
romancy
romanechite
romanechites
romanesque
romanette
romanettes
romanic
romanisation
romanisations
romanise
romanised
romanises
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romanising
romanism
romanist
romanization
romanizations
romanize
romanized
romanizer
romanizes
romanizing
romanji
romano
romanos
romansch
romant
romantic

Literary usage of Romanism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis by Josiah Strong (1891)
"—Romanism. THE perils which threaten the nation and peculiarly menace the West ... Romanism. There are many who are disposed to attribute any fear of Roman ..."

2. Latin America: The Pagans, the Papists, the Patriots, the Protestants, and by Hubert William Brown (1901)
"Not of essence of Christianity, but peculiarities of Romanism.—Political insight. ... Triumphs of Romanism where paganism most highly developed. ..."

3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1843)
"We confidently affirm that, since the erection of modern Romanism into a power, it has never been guilty of an act which could justly be said to imply an ..."

4. The English Review (1851)
"The Progress of Beguilement to Romanism. A Personal Narrative. By ELIZA SMITH, Authoress of " Five Years a Catholic." London: Seeleys. ..."

5. Facing the Twentieth Century: Our Country: Its Power and Peril by James Marcus King (1899)
"THE MENACE TO AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS FROM POLITICO-ECCLESIASTICAL Romanism. PRELIMINARY. WE have given some account of the sources of our civilization and of ..."

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