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Romish

[ roh-mish ]

adjective

Disparaging.
  1. of or relating to Rome as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.


Romish

/ ˈəʊɪʃ /

adjective

  1. derogatory.
    of, relating to, or resembling Roman Catholic beliefs or practices
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dzi· adverb
  • dzi·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Romish1

First recorded in 1525–35; Rome + -ish 1
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In the 1970s, Foy Valentine , a crusader for traditional Christian morality and the longtime head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Christian Life Commission, griped that public campaigns against abortion were a strictly Roman Catholic preoccupation; other evangelicals were also wary of participating in anti-abortion politics for fear of associating too closely with a cause presumed to be thoroughly Catholic, and at times they developed their own parallel anti-abortion groups just to avoid cooperating with the Romish.

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The Ku Klux Klan got a second wind, this time with Bolshevik Jews and Romish Papists as its demons.

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Photograph: Asia Plus Romish Ibrohimov, a designer and photographer sporting a red-hued hipster beard, insists he “did not grow a beard for religious reasons or because I wanted to be vulgar, but because it is beautiful”.

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“I think it’s great they’re getting out there and learning these skills,” said Sarah Romish, one of the lemonade stand customers, who works for Bend Park & Recreation.

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Romish said the lemonade was very tasty.

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