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Romish

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Rom·ish  (rmsh)
adj. Offensive
Of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.
Romish·ly adv.
Romish·ness n.
Romish [ˈrəʊmɪʃ]
adj
(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) Usually derogatory of, relating to, or resembling Roman Catholic beliefs or practices
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.romish - of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church"
papist, papistic, papistical, popish, R.C., Roman Catholic, Romanist, Roman
Translations
Romish [ˈrəʊmɪʃ] ADJ (pej) → católico
Romish
adj (pej) → Katholen- (pej), → papistisch (pej)


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They even had a rude calendar of the fasts and festivals of the Romish Church, and some traces of its ceremonials.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
However imperfectly those disturbances are set forth in the following pages, they are impartially painted by one who has no sympathy with the Romish Church, though he acknowledges, as most men do, some esteemed friends among the followers of its creed.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
Certain machinery in the body of the nun on the leads over the door was cleaned up and put in motion, so that the figure shook its head paralytically all day long, to the great admiration of a drunken, but very Protestant, barber over the way, who looked upon the said paralytic motion as typical of the degrading effect wrought upon the human mind by the ceremonies of the Romish Church and discoursed upon that theme with great eloquence and morality.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
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