romish

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RO'MISH, adjective [from Rome.] Belonging or relating to Rome, or to the religion professed by the people of Rome and of the western empire, of which Rome was the metropolis; catholic; popish; as the romish church; the romish religion, ritual or ceremonies.
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