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Romanist

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Ro·man·ist  (rm-nst)
n.
1. Offensive One who professes Roman Catholicism.
2. A student of or authority on ancient Roman law, culture, and institutions.
Romanist [ˈrəʊmənɪst]
n
1. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) a member of a Church, esp the Church of England, who favours or is influenced by Roman Catholicism
2. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) a Roman Catholic
3. (Social Science / Education) a student of classical Roman civilization or law
Romanistic  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.Romanist - of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church"
papist, papistic, papistical, popish, R.C., Roman Catholic, romish, Roman


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[79] Still, on the whole, actors fared better in England than in Romanist France, where Moliere was buried with less ceremony than a favourite dog.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
Brooke, who was just then informing him that the Reformation either meant something or it did not, that he himself was a Protestant to the core, but that Catholicism was a fact; and as to refusing an acre of your ground for a Romanist chapel, all men needed the bridle of religion, which, properly speaking, was the dread of a Hereafter.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
DEAR FINN,--Your copy will do, but I have had to headline it a bit; and our public would never stand a Romanist priest in the story-- you must keep your eye on the suburbs.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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