Romanist noun & adjective. ['rǝʊmǝnɪst] E16.
[mod. Latin Romanista, from ROMAN adjective + -IST.]
A. noun.
1. A member or supporter of the Roman Catholic Church. Freq. derog. E16.

2. An expert in or student of Roman Law. M17.

3. An expert in or student of Roman antiquities or the Romance languages. M19.

4. Any of several 16th-cent. Dutch and Flemish painters influenced by the techniques of Italian Renaissance artists, esp. those of Raphael and Michelangelo. L19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Belonging or adhering to the Roman Catholic Church. Freq. derog. M17.

■ Roma'nistic adjective inclining to, tending towards, or characteristic of Roman Catholicism E19.

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