romist

Etymology

From Rome + -ist.

romist means an adherent of Romism.; A Roman Catholic. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

An adherent of Romism.; A Roman Catholic.“a. 1716, Robert South, a sermon on Titus 1. 1. the Romists hold fast the distinction of mortal and venial sins”
An adherent of Romism.; A curialist.“The most tranquil period in the history of the country [Ireland] is that which marked the introduction of the Reformation. Had the antipathy been a religious one, it would have become, at such a period, intensely aggravated. It was remarkably otherwise. The most eminent of the Irish chiefs readily took the oath, and acknowledged the supremacy of the King; and, in the reign of Elizabeth, the whole ”