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The beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome
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romanism
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Romanism is a word that was used as a derogatory term for Roman Catholicism in the past when anti-Catholicism was more common in the United States and the United Kingdom . The term was frequently used in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Republican ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"Roman Catholicism" (usually, if not always, with a disparaging savor; in some contexts suggesting political allegiance to the Vatican), 1670s, from Roman + -ism .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Romanism \Ro"man*ism\, n. The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion.
Usage examples of romanism.
Duke William of Cleves-Juelich-Berg had adopted an Erasmian compromise between Lutheranism and Romanism, in some respects resembling the course pursued by Henry.
I and my neighbors have been bred in the notion, that, unless we came soon to some good church, -- Calvinism, or Behmenism, or Romanism, or Mormonism, -- there would be a universal thaw and dissolution.