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

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Romeward

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 R. Brimley Johnson

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 R. W. (Richard William) Church

Then they betook themselves Romeward, and many folk prayed well for them.

From The Story of Grettir the Strong by William Morris

It was not an altogether ungraceful building with its arched windows—regarded by many in those days as indicating Romeward tendencies—and its pointed spire.

From Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. by Diocese Of Connecticut

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

From Old French Romances by William Morris