Definition of roman

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Roman (n.) Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics..

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Congregation :: Congregation (n.) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some department of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church..
Romanize :: Romanize (v. i.) To conform to Roman Catholic opinions, customs, or modes of speech..
Murrhine :: Murrhine (a.) Made of the stone or material called by the Romans murrha; -- applied to certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups; as, murrhine vases, cups, vessels..
Primipilar :: Primipilar (a.) Of or pertaining to the captain of the vanguard of a Roman army.
Terminalia :: Terminalia (n. pl.) A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries..
Romance :: Romance (a.) Of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance.
Improperia :: Improperia (n. pl.) A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowful remonstrance of our Lord with his people; -- sung on the morning of the Good Friday in place of the usual daily Mass of the Roman ritual..
Century :: Century (n.) A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers..
Romanist :: Romanist (n.) One who adheres to Romanism.
Patrial :: Patrial (n.) A patrial noun. Thus Romanus, a Roman, and Troas, a woman of Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials..
Latin :: Latin (a.) Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom..
Caesar :: Caesar (n.) A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus Caesar. Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful ruler. See Kaiser, Kesar..
Ballad :: Ballad (n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas..
Jansenist :: "Jansenist (n.) A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace..
Sextans :: Sextans (n.) A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as..
Impluvium :: Impluvium (n.) In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm..
Chiromantist :: Chiromantist (n.) A chiromancer.
Catholicism :: Catholicism (n.) The doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic church, or adherence thereto..
Cleromancy :: Cleromancy (n.) A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.
Toga :: Toga (n.) The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga praetexta..
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