Rome
[rəum]
Definition
(noun.) the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.
(noun.) capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
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Examples
- The new empires did not even pretend to be a continuation of the world empire of Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It will decide my career, for if I have any genius, I shall find it out in Rome, and will do something to prove it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He provoked the military intervention of Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The horses were gone to Rome and there was no more racing. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I might as well be at Rome; she would be no farther from me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The Rome mission was sent by Pope Gregory the Great just at the close of the sixth century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I am so glad we met in Rome. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The leader of the Gauls who sacked Rome was named Brennus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He also visited Rome, where he was received with the greatest good-will by Pope Paul V and his cardinals, and where he met the leading scientists of the capital. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- She would like to go to Rome, Munich, Vienna, or to St Petersburg or Moscow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This led him to review the existing state of affairs (1780) and to compare it with the state of affairs during the decline of imperial Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A great fire had burnt a large part of Rome, and the new sect was accused of causing this. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the fifth century the great civilization of Rome fell under the ruthless attack of the northern barbarian. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Compare them with Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The first of these, the Appian Way, ran from Rome ultimately into the heel of Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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