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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
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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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The author correctly dismisses the notion that Bruegel's art was diametrically opposed to Italianate trends in the Netherlands, pointing to the painter's interest in the earlier generation of Romanists such as his teacher and father-in-law, Pieter Coecke van Aelst.
Bruegel: The Complete Paintings, Drawings and Prints by Kavaler, Ethan Matt / Renaissance Quarterly
For a discussion of interiority and exteriority and scaffold confessions, see Maus, 11; and Peter Lake and Michael Questier, "Agency, Appropriation and Rhetoric Under the Gallows: Puritans, Romanists and the State in Early Modern England," Past and Present 153 (1996): 64-107.
"Try what repentance can": Hamlet, confession, and the extraction of ... by Stegner, Paul D. / Shakespeare Studies
More important, Linker fails to make the case that a tiny band of ultra-orthodox Catholics is secretly running the country; on the contrary, he comes off like a pamphleteer of the ROMANISTS RULE THE WORLD or JEWS CONTROL THE AMERICAN MEDIA variety.
Be not afraid by Henneberger, Melinda / Commonweal
 
 
 
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