roman
noun
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
non-Roman
-
a word derived from
Roman.
Example Sentences
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Roman writers such as Pliny, Tacitus and Suetonius labeled Christianity not a religio but rather a superstitio, or a "superstition," a term usually applied to non-Roman, foreign practices.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2021
In other cases, the worship of non-Roman gods was so popular that it simply could not be suppressed in the few cases in which Roman leaders saw a need to.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
The ribbon’s twists and turns even suggest the shapes of numbers and characters in non-Roman languages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2016
For non-Roman languages, we adopt transliteration systems or create them for more obscure languages, so we have several federal linguists on staff.”
From National Geographic ● Sep. 18, 2015
The Greeks, indeed, are jubilant because they have non-Roman jurors.
From Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh
