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

Will Americans hear to the definition which Pope Innocent III. gives of a Romish Pope?

From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by William Hogan

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 William Hogan

And I may here say that the Armenian priesthood appear to me to have quite an individuality of their own, corresponding to no order of the Romish priesthood with which I am acquainted.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe

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