Romanism

[roh-muh-niz-uh m]

noun Disparaging.

Roman Catholicism.

Origin of Romanism

First recorded in 1665–75; Roman + -ism

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Related Words for romanism

Catholicism, Catholicity, Romanism, papistry, popery

Examples from the Web for romanism

Historical Examples of romanism

If Romanism is to be the religion of the State, let it be allied with Absolutism.
Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq.
Charles James Lever
On one side, indeed, the Reformation was a return to Hellenism from Romanism.
The Legacy of Greece
Various
Romanism has driven us to the opposite extreme in our ideas of sacraments.
Bertha and Her Baptism
Nehemiah Adams
A combat with Romanism might even yet win for her and Theobald the crown of martyrdom.
The Way of All Flesh
Samuel Butler
It was here that John Wycliffe thundered against the Romanism of his day.
Oxford
Frederick Douglas How

British Dictionary definitions for romanism

Romanism

noun

Roman Catholicism, esp when regarded as excessively or superstitiously ritualistic

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Word Origin and History for romanism

Romanism

"Roman Catholicism" (usually, if not always, with a disparaging savor; in some contexts suggesting political allegiance to the Vatican), 1670s, from Roman + -ism.