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RomanRoman Ro"man, a. [L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. romain.
Cf. Romaic, Romance, Romantic.]
1. 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.
2. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion;
professing that religion.
3. (Print.)
(a) Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type
ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic
characters.
(b) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i.,
iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from
the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc.
Roman alum (Chem.), a cubical potassium alum formerly
obtained in large quantities from Italian alunite, and
highly valued by dyers on account of its freedom from
iron.
Roman balance, a form of balance nearly resembling the
modern steelyard. See the Note under Balance, n., 1.
Roman candle, a kind of firework (generally held in the
hand), characterized by the continued emission of shower
of sparks, and the ejection, at intervals, of brilliant
balls or stars of fire which are thrown upward as they
become ignited.
Roman Catholic, of, pertaining to, or the religion of that
church of which the pope is the spiritual head; as, a
Roman Catholic priest; the Roman Catholic Church.
Roman cement, a cement having the property of hardening
under water; a species of hydraulic cement.
Roman law. See under Law.
Roman nose, a nose somewhat aquiline.
Roman ocher, a deep, rich orange color, transparent and
durable, used by artists. --Ure.
Roman order (Arch.), the composite order. See Composite,
a., 2. Roman
Roman Ro"man, n.
1. 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.
2. Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in
distinction from Italics.
RomanComposite Com*pos"ite (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of
parts, p. p. of componere. See Compound, v. t., and cf.
Compost.]
1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a
composite language.
Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite.
--Landor.
2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of
the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called
also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the
five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the
sixteenth century. See Capital.
Meaning of Roman from wikipedia
- Look up
Roman,
roman,
Romans,
romans, or
român in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Roman or
Romans most
often refers to: Rome, the
capital city of Italy...
- The
Catholic Church (Latin:
Ecclesia Catholica), also
known as the
Roman Catholic Church, is the
largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized...
- The
Roman Empire ruled the
Mediterranean and much of Europe,
Western Asia and
North Africa. The
Romans conquered most of this
during the Republic, and...
- also
often appointed to
roles overseeing dicasteries (departments) of the
Roman Curia, the
central administration of the
Catholic Church.
Cardinals are...
-
romanization is the
conversion of text from a
different writing system to the
Roman (Latin) script, or a
system for
doing so.
Methods of
romanization...
- The Holy
Roman Empire, also
known as the Holy
Roman Empire of the
German Nation after 1512, was a
polity in
Central and
Western Europe,
usually headed...
- The
Byzantine Empire, also
known as the
Eastern Roman Empire, was the
continuation of the
Roman Empire centred on
Constantinople during late antiquity...
- Rome is the
Roman civilisation from the
founding of the
Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the
collapse of the
Western Roman Empire in the...
-
rendering support, you may see
question marks, boxes, or
other symbols.
Roman numerals are a
numeral system that
originated in
ancient Rome and remained...
-
Catholics The
Catholic Church is "the
Catholic Communion of Churches, both
Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full
communion with the
Bishop of...
