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Definition of Romans

1. Noun. A New Testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of Saint Paul; written in AD 58.

Definition of Romans

1. Noun. (plural of Roman) ¹

2. Proper noun. (biblical) The sixth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of St Paul to the Christians in Rome. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Romans

1. roman [n] - See also: roman

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Literary usage of Romans

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

1. Works of Fisher Ames by Fisher Ames, John Thornton Kirkland (1809)
"VERY early the French perceived the affinity of their national character with that of the Romans; though it is, manifestly, with the Romans after ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1902)
"They insulted the aliens of the East who had renounced the dress and idiom of Romans; and their reasonable practice will justify the frequent appellation of ..."

3. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"They insulted the aliens of the East who had renounced the dress and idiom of Romans; and their reasonable practice will justify the frequent appellation of ..."

4. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"From these successful inroads the Romans derived no rea ve lasting benefit; nor did they attempt to preserve such distant conquests, separated from the ..."

5. Glances at Europe: In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy by Horace Greeley (1851)
"THE Romans OF TO-DAY. ROME, Monday, June 30, 1851. THE common people of Rome generally seem to me an intelligent, vivacious race, and I can readily credit ..."

6. A History of Germany in the Middle Ages by Ernest Flagg Henderson (1894)
"CHAPTER I. GERMANS AND Romans. IT is as enemies of the Romans that the Germans first meet us in history ; but there was a time far back in the ages when the ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... he raised a powerful army and inflicted severe defeats on the Romans. He routed an imposing force sent against him and shut them up in the military ..."

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