Romish

American  

[roh-mish] / ˈroʊ mɪʃ /

adjective

Disparaging.

1. of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Romish British  

/ ˈrəʊmɪʃ /

adjective

1. derogatory of, relating to, or resembling Roman Catholic beliefs or practices

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Other Word Forms

• Romishness
  noun
• Romishly
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of Romish

First recorded in 1525–35; Rome + -ish ¹

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Example Sentences

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Romish

He was startled, and like his ancestors, almost terrified by the suspicion that the Anglican hierarchy was dominated by distinctly Romish proclivities.

From Time Magazine Archive

The answer is that he is a slender, grey-crested person with a Romish nose and a sartorial perfection suggestive of the stage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mundus alter is an excuse for a satirical description of London, with some criticism of the Romish church, its manners and customs, and is said to have furnished Swift with hints for Gulliver’s Travels.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

It was not my intention, when I commenced this work, to enter into any thing like a discussion of the doctrines maintained by the Romish church.

From Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries by William Hogan

Most of the missionaries consider any attempt to substitute Romish for Chinese characters as being quite vain.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Karl Ritter von Scherzer

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