Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ROM-ISH
ROME'PEN-NY, or ROME'SCOTROM-IST
ROM-ISH, a. [from Rome.]
Belonging or relating to Rome, or to the religion professed by the people of Rome and of the western empire, of which Rome was the metropolis; catholic; popish; as, the Romish church; the Romish religion, ritual or ceremonies.
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