Romanist

American  

[roh-muh-nist] / ˈroʊ mə nɪst /

noun

1. Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

2. one versed in Roman institutions, law, etc.

3. Also Romanicist a person versed in Romance languages, literature, or linguistics.

4. Fine Arts. Romanists, a group of Flemish and Dutch painters of the 16th century who traveled to Italy and returned to Flanders and Holland with the style and techniques of the High Renaissance and of Mannerism.

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Romanist British  

/ ˈrəʊmənɪst /

noun

1. a member of a Church, esp the Church of England, who favours or is influenced by Roman Catholicism

2. a Roman Catholic

3. a student of classical Roman civilization or law

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Other Word Forms

• Romanistic adjective
• anti-Romanist noun
• pro-Romanist noun

Etymology

Origin of Romanist

From the New Latin word Romanista, dating back to 1515–25. See Roman, -ist

Example Sentences

You may be a Romanist, but I am a Huguenot, and have read.

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The Romanist was at that time essentially a Transcendentalist.

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If it had not been passed, several Romanist sovereigns might have reigned.

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They were taken as necessities, almost odious necessities, to keep out a Romanist dynasty which represented something to the people that was more odious still.

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Fawkes was despatched to Flanders, where he imparted the plot to Hugh Owen, a zealous Romanist intriguer.

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