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; Rome, -ward

Example Sentences

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 Frank, Tenney

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

And therein he found a noble man of Almaine who was wending Romeward and bearing his son to baptism. 

From Old French Romances by Morris, William

It was expected, however, that this Romeward Movement would arouse intense antipathy.

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald

It was not an altogether ungraceful building with its arched windows—regarded by many in those days as indicating Romeward tendencies—and its pointed spire.

From Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. by Connecticut, Diocese Of