Romanists

Noun

Romanist (plural Romanists)

1. (derogatory, often) A Roman Catholic.
   • This is enough & too much, that when the Romaniſts doe boaſt that their iuriſdiction is ſpirituall, it is eaſy to ſhewe that there is nothing more contrary to the order inſtitute of Chriſte, and that it hath no more likeneſſe to the auncient cuſtome than darkneſſe hath to light.1587 [1536], John Calvin, translated by Thomas Norton, The Institution of Christian Religion, London: H. Midleton, translation of Institutio Christianae Religionis (in Latin), page 406
2. A scholar of Roman law and jurisprudence.
   • The foundations of present views of Roman civil procedure were laid by the Austrian Romanist Moriz Wlassak [...]1951, Hans Julius Wolff, Roman Law: An Historical Introduction, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 229
3. (humanities) A scholar of Roman history and culture.
4. (humanities) A scholar of Romance languages; a Romanicist.
   • The principal magazines devoted to the subject are—Jahrbuch für romanische und englische Literatur (ed. Wolff, Ebert, and Lembcke), later only für romanische Literatur; Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen (ed. Herrig), of a more popular character; Romania (a quarterly, ed. Gaston Paris and...1886, Encyclopaedia Britannica, volume 20, PRU-ROS, page 668
5. A painter of the 16th century Romanist school.
6. (Ireland, derogatory, historical) someone perceived to be in favor of Rome Rule in Ireland.

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