Romism

Proper noun

Romism

1. (archaic, derogatory, usually) Synonym of Roman Catholicism.
   • Many Georgians rarely went through a church porch between their christening and burial. Yet practically everyone, in his own fashion, had faith. Much of it was a fig leaf of Christianity covering a body of inherited magic and superstition, little more than Nature worship (the polite, doctrinally...2001, Roy Porter, The Penguin Social History of Britain: English Society in the Eighteenth Century, revised edition, Penguin UK, →ISBN
   • Today we find an increasing tension and gap between formalized institutional religion and less formalized, less regularized (though practice-friendly) spirituality. It is worth remembering the heritage of today's dissent, beginning with early modern texts and culture. The tension, battle, and...2006, “Chapter 2: When Did It Begin? Origins of the Tension Between Religion and Spirituality”, in Stephen R. Honeygosky, editor, Religion and Spirituality: Bridging the Gap, Twenty-Third...

   Synonyms:

   Roman Catholicism

2. (archaic, derogatory, usually) Synonym of curialism: the supremacy of the Roman Curia.

   Synonyms:

   curialism