Romish
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He was startled, and like his ancestors, almost terrified by the suspicion that the Anglican hierarchy was dominated by distinctly Romish proclivities.
From Time Magazine Archive
The answer is that he is a slender, grey-crested person with a Romish nose and a sartorial perfection suggestive of the stage.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is related by another Romish writer, that a hive of bees was once heard singing most harmoniously.
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by William Hogan
Palladus, who lived in the fifth century, and was greatly distinguished in the Romish church, tells us of a hyena, which, in a certain wood in Greece, killed a sheep.
From Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries by William Hogan
Such were the doctrines of the Romish church in 1558.
From Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries by William Hogan
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