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
And both the serpent and the virgin, he tells us, are represented imaginarily in the heavens, and pictured on their astronomical globes and spheres, as on those of the Romish Christian.
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
He then took a breviary from his vest, and placing them near each other, began to read aloud the marriage-service appointed by the Romish Church.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
A well trained reverend Romish soldier cares little about the polish of his armor, or whether he aims his blows according to the system of this or that commander.
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by William Hogan
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