Romish
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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
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
This learned man had been a Rabbi in Germany, and having embraced the Romish religion, was made Professor of Oriental languages at Madrid.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
Palladus, who lived in the fifth century, and was greatly distinguished in the Romish church, tells us of a hyena, which, in a certain wood in Greece, killed a sheep.
From Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries by Hogan, William
I hesitate not to say—although I do so with the utmost respect and deference—that there are but few American theologians who have much acquaintance with the doctrines or canons of the Romish church.
From Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries by Hogan, William
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