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

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

From The Story of Grettir the Strong 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)

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

Furthermore, Naples was the natural resort of all those Greek and Oriental rhetoricians and philosophers, historians, poets, actors, and artists who drifted Romeward from the crumbling courts of Alexandria, Antioch, and Pergamum.

From Vergil A Biography by Frank, Tenney