Roman
77
3.9
- adjective
- /ˈroʊmən/
- Many families in the area follow Roman Catholic customs during the holiday season.
- Roman Catholic
- Roman Church
- Roman Catholicism
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Watch on YouTubeOh, say can remain standing if you would for me like a Roman Catholic Church, Right.
- Oh, say can remain standing if you would for me like a Roman Catholic Church, Right.
- So one Sunday was Celtic Easter and then the next Sunday was Roman Easter.
- My mother's Jewish and my father is was Roman Catholic OK from Irish extraction.
- But what Luther didn't anticipate was that once you can print the Bible and print criticism to the Roman Catholic Church, you can print anything.
- Collectively we look at the church and there have been hundreds of Roman Catholic priests admitting to thousands of sex crimes.
Examples
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But the University's loyalty is to the Roman Catholic Church and not to the AAUP.
Academic text (1991) -
The relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and the nation of Poland.
Academic text (1999) -
I think that this is the situation in which the Roman Church finds itself today.
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There used to be 40 houses here in this mainly Roman Catholic street.
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First, within the Roman Catholic Church, there was a response of genuine surprise.
Academic text (2013) -
Bus Stop - Night: Trevor steps out of the bus and faces the Roman Catholic Cathedral.
Fiction book (2002) -
As was true for most of Latin America, Roman Catholicism was the state religion.
Academic text (1990) -
I really wonder how one could equate the Roman Catholic Church with the Lutheran churches in this setting.
Academic text (2015) -
Today, the Church's official records say the Roman line was always the true papal power.
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He was christened in a small ceremony at a Roman Catholic church in Haylett.
Synonyms
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3.2
Relating to the Christian church led by the Pope
4
9.7
Relating to a bishop, the pope, or church ceremonies
1
9.9
Relating to the Roman Catholic Church, often used as an insult
Compounds
34
3.9
A large ancient state based in Rome that controlled much of Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia
21
3.7
A Christian church led by the Pope in the Vatican that has its own teachings and services
- Specialized
3
8.1
A system of rules used in ancient Rome that influenced many modern civil laws
3
8.4
A group of many states in central Europe that an emperor ruled from 962 to 1806
2
6.4
An ancient Roman state from 509 BC to 27 BC ruled by an elected Senate, ending with Augustus
- Specialized
1
4.2
A style of wrestling where fighters can only hold above the waist and cannot use their legs
1
9.5
An ancient Roman building where people meet, hold law courts and do government business
1
6.1
A way of building used by ancient Romans that uses arches, curved roofs and concrete
1
8.7
A court set up by the Catholic Church in Italy in 1542 to punish people for new religious ideas
- Specialized
1
5.3
Upright letters used for normal printed text in books, not slanted like italics
1
6.9
The eastern part of the Roman Empire that continued after 395 with its capital at Constantinople
1
8.3
An herb from the Mediterranean with small strong seeds used as a spice like caraway
- Literature
A style of building design with columns, arches, and balanced shapes
- Literature
A novel that gives real people made-up names so readers can guess who they are
- Specialized
A style of letters with straight lines and simple shapes used in ancient Rome
- Specialized
A small plant from northeastern North America with clusters of pink flowers tipped yellow
- UK
A small European plant that lives one year and has stinging leaves and green flower clusters
A group of Catholic nuns who run schools and care for children worldwide
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Roman in 'Roman Catholic' shows the church's link to the city of Rome and comes from Latin Romanus, 'from Rome'. That's why 'Roman Catholic' refers to the branch of the Catholic Church led by the Pope in Rome.