Romeward

American  

[rohm-werd] / ˈroʊm wərd /

adverb

1. to or toward Rome or the Roman Catholic Church.

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Etymology

Origin of Romeward

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at Rome, -ward

Example Sentences

But it was not by external violence that it was broken, but by the development within itself of a distinctive Romeward bias.

From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley

It was expected, however, that this Romeward Movement would arouse intense antipathy.

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald

This lord thanne axeth if sche wolde 1170 With him abide in compaignie, And seide he cam fro Barbarie To Romeward, and hom he wente.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

And therein he found a noble man of Almaine who was wending Romeward and bearing his son to baptism. 

From Old French Romances by Morris, William

In some minds, after a certain trial, it actually led men back to that Romeward tendency from which they had at first recoiled.

From The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 by Church, R. W. (Richard William)