Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

romanism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
ro-man-ism
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion.

Derogatory; Uncountable

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Etymology

From Roman + -ism, after Romanist. Compare Romish.

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Synonyms

Roman Catholicism see there for others that are pejorative papism

Questions

What does romanism mean?
The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion.
Where does romanism come from?
From Roman + -ism, after Romanist. Compare Romish.

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