Romeward

American  

[rohm-werd] / ˈroʊm wərd /

adverb

1. to or toward Rome or the Roman Catholic Church.

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Etymology

Origin of Romeward

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at Rome, -ward

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Example Sentences

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Romeward

Moreover, since all roads lead to Rome, and the lord of Rome was the master of Europe, the roads Romeward were worn by the tramp of the armies of all nations.

From The War and Democracy by

In some minds, after a certain trial, it actually led men back to that Romeward tendency from which they had at first recoiled.

From The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 by R. W. (Richard William) Church

But it was not by external violence that it was broken, but by the development within itself of a distinctive Romeward bias.

From Famous Reviews by R. Brimley Johnson

Furthermore, Naples was the natural resort of all those Greek and Oriental rhetoricians and philosophers, historians, poets, actors, and artists who drifted Romeward from the crumbling courts of Alexandria, Antioch, and Pergamum.

From Vergil A Biography by Tenney Frank

On leaving the garden, we mount our green spectacles, hoist our umbrella, and resolutely set our face homeward and Romeward.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various

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