Romanism

[roh-muh-niz-uhm]

noun

Disparaging.

1. Roman Catholicism.

Romanism

/ ˈrəʊməˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. Roman Catholicism, esp when regarded as excessively or superstitiously ritualistic

Word History and Origins

Origin of Romanism¹

First recorded in 1665–75; Roman + -ism

Example Sentences

In the 1840s, it was Catholic immigrants, said by a presidential candidate to be besotted with "rum, Romanism and rebellion."

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Hence, he was appalled by Presbyterian preacher Samuel Burchard’s “rum, Romanism and rebellion” dig against Democrats, and Blaine afterward noted publicly that his own mother had been a Catholic.

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In the 1840s, it was Catholic immigrants, whom Republicans in the 1884 presidential campaign said were besotted with “rum, Romanism, and rebellion.”

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A week before that election, at a Republican rally, a prominent Protestant minister impugned Democrats as the party of “rum, Romanism and rebellion.”

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As we go to Rome to see Romanism, we come to Benares to see Hindooism, expecting to find it in its purest form.

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