Definition of roman

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Roman (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..

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Gyromancy :: Gyromancy (n.) A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it..
Catilinarian :: Catilinarian (a.) Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy..
Galilean :: Galilean (n.) One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; -- called also Gaulonite..
Quadrantal :: Quadrantal (n.) A cubical vessel containing a Roman cubic foot, each side being a Roman square foot; -- used as a measure..
Protonotary :: Protonotary (n.) Formerly, one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications..
Basilica :: Basilica (n.) A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached..
Romantic :: Romantic (a.) Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape..
Stour :: Stoup (n.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup..
Fasti :: Fasti (n.pl.) The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac..
Latria :: Latria (n.) The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints..
Mechitarist :: Mechitarist (n.) One of a religious congregation of the Roman Catholic Church devoted to the improvement of Armenians.
Latin :: Latin (a.) Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language..
Black Book :: Black book () Any book which treats of necromancy.
Taranis :: Taranis (n.) A Celtic divinity, regarded as the evil principle, but confounded by the Romans with Jupiter..
Transubstantiation :: Transubstantiation (n.) The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body and blood of Christ; -- distinguished from consubstantiation, and impanation..
Chiromanist :: Chiromanist (n.) Alt. of Chiromantis.
Aleuromancy :: Aleuromancy (n.) Divination by means of flour.
Ceroma :: Ceroma (n.) The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans.
Pandect :: Pandect (n.) The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions, writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading compilation of the Roman civil law..
Romanist :: Romanist (n.) One who adheres to Romanism.
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