Roman
['rəʊmən] or ['romən]
Definition
(noun.) a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions.
(noun.) a resident of modern Rome.
(noun.) an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire.
(adj.) of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome); 'Roman architecture'; 'the old Roman wall' .
(adj.) relating to or characteristic of people of Rome; 'Roman virtues'; 'his Roman bearing in adversity'; 'a Roman nose' .
(adj.) of or relating to or supporting Romanism; 'the Roman Catholic Church' .
(adj.) characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done by Romans; as, Roman fortitude; a Roman aqueduct; Roman art.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion.
(a.) Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters.
(a.) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc.
(n.) A native, or permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of Rome, or one upon whom certain rights and privileges of a Roman citizen were conferred.
(n.) Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Of Rome, of the Romans.[2]. Of the Latins, of ancient Rome.[3]. Roman Catholic, of the Roman Catholic religion.
n. [1]. Native of Rome.[2]. Roman Catholic.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to Rome or to the Romans: pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion papal: (print.) noting the letters commonly used as opposed to Italics: written in letters (as IV.) not in figures (as 4).—n. a native or citizen of Rome: a Romanist in religion: a Roman letter or type.—adj. Roman′ic pertaining to Rome or its people.—n. Romanisā′tion.—v.t. Rō′manīse to convert to the Roman Catholic religion: to Latinise: to represent by Roman letters or types.—v.i. to conform to Roman Catholic opinions or practices: to print in Roman letters.—n. Romanī′ser.—adj. Rō′manish pertaining to Romanism.—ns. Rō′manism the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church; Rō′manist a Roman Catholic.—adj. Roman Catholic.—adj. Rō′mano-Byzan′tine pertaining to an early medieval style of architecture in which Byzantine and Western elements are combined.—ns. Rome′-penn′y -scot Peter's pence.—adv. Rome′ward toward the Roman Catholic Church.—adj. Rō′mish belonging to Rome or to the Roman Catholic Church.—n. Rō′mist.—Roman architecture a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults &c.—baths aqueducts basilicas amphitheatres &c.; Roman candle a firework discharging a succession of white or coloured stars; Roman Catholic denoting those who recognise the spiritual supremacy of the Pope or Bishop of Rome—as a noun a member of the Roman Catholic Church; Roman Catholicism the doctrines and polity of the Roman Catholic Church collectively; Roman cement a cement which hardens under water; Roman collar a collar made of lawn or fine linen bound and stitched worn by priests over a black collar by bishops over a purple and cardinals over a scarlet; Roman Empire the ancient empire of Rome divided in the 4th century into the Eastern and Western Empires; Roman law the civil law.—Holy Roman Empire (see Holy).
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Examples
- After the destruction of Palmyra, the desert Arabs began to be spoken of in the Roman and Persian records as Saracens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His model was a po em by Empedocles on Nature, the grand hexameters of which had fasci nated the Roman poet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Ravenna, near the head of the Adriatic, was the capital of the last Roman emperors in the time of Alaric and Stilicho. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It need hardly be remarked that his use both of Greek and of Roman historians and of the sacred writings of the Jews is wholly uncritical. Plato. The Republic.
- It had to go to school to Greco-Roman civilization; it also borrowed rather than evolved its culture. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- And he did not believe in the extreme discretion that then ruled Roman strategy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After the fall of Carthage the Roman imagination went wild with the hitherto unknown possibilities of finance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Holy Roman Empire struggled on indeed to the days of Napoleon, but as an invalid and dying thing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The ordinary Roman citizen, like the ordinary Boer, was a farmer; at the summons of his country he went on commando. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the time of Servius Tullius, who first coined money at Rome, the Roman as or pondo contained a Roman pound of good copper. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But he hasn't borne the Roman yoke as I have, nor yet he hasn't been required to pander to your depraved appetite for miserly characters. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Roman colonies furnished occasionally both the one and the other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It was a war between the idea of a united Italy and the idea of the rule of the Roman Senate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Polish language was banned, and the Greek Orthodox church was substituted for the Roman Catholic as the State religion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As the Roman world was divided into the eastern and western halves, so was the Chinese world into the southern and the northern. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Whenever he met the Romans in open fight he beat them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Greeks derived their musical instruments from the Egyptians, and the Romans borrowed theirs from the Greeks, but neither the Greeks nor the Romans invented any. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There was no such settling down behind a final frontier on the part of the Chinese as we see in the case of the Romans at the Rhine and Danube. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Grape juice mixed with millet ferments quickly and strongly, and the Romans learned to use this mixture for bread raising, kneading a very small amount of it through the dough. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The Greeks were conquered by the Romans in 146 B.C,but before tha t time Roman life and institutions had been touched by Hellenic culture. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We know that the Romans and other ancient peoples had their hydraulic cements, and the plaster on some of their walls stands to-day to attest its good quality. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- So rude was the native culture of the Romans that it is doubtful whether they had any schools before the advent of Greek learning. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The Romans, for example, never had needles comparable to those of the Magdalenian epoch. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But among the Romans there was nothing which corresponded to the musical education of the Greeks. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This the Romans besieged, and a period of trench warfare ensued. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Romans came out upon the sea, and to the astonishment of the Carthaginians and themselves defeated the Carthaginian fleet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At the battle of Myl? (260 B.C.) the Romans gained their first naval victory and captured or destroyed fifty vessels. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- True it called itself Roman and its people Romans, and to this day modern Greek is called Romaic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The same unimaginative quality made the Romans leave the seaways of the Mediterranean undeveloped. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This the Romans did by giving to two days in leap-year the same name; t hus the sixth day before the first of March was repeated, and leap-year was known as a bissextile year. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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