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Romanist

noun

Etymology

From Roman + -ist.

  1. derived from Rōmānus
  2. derived from Romain
  3. suffixed as romanist — “Roman + ist”

Definitions

  1. A Roman Catholic.

    • The manner of the Romanists however hanging their Churches with red Damask, & making Musick in a regular Orchestra there—is a despicable Effort—and defeats its own purpose completely, by turning the house of God into a Theatre […].

  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 [...]

  3. A scholar of Roman history and culture.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A scholar of Romance languages

      A scholar of Romance languages; a Romanicist.

    2. A painter of the 16th century Romanist school.

    3. someone perceived to be in favor of Rome Rule in Ireland.

    4. Pertaining to Roman law and jurisprudence.

      • Even in England the Romanist tradition not only remained alive but received strong new impulses in Oxford and Cambridge, where the teaching of the "civil"—i.e., Roman—law was never interrupted.

    5. Pertaining to the school of thought which emphasises the continuity of legal and cultural…

      Pertaining to the school of thought which emphasises the continuity of legal and cultural institutions between Rome and later medieval Europe, downplaying the role of external influences or innovation in the decline of the Roman Empire.

      • The 'Germanist' view has been countered with the 'Romanist' or 'continuity' view, which holds that the Germanic barbarians created little that was new.

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