roman Definition

a metrical romance

a native or resident of Rome

a citizen of ancient Rome or of the Roman Empire

roman catholic

of or relating to Rome or the people of Rome; specifically : characteristic of the ancient Romans

latin

of or relating to the Latin alphabet

a novel in which real persons or actual events figure under disguise

a cylindrical firework that discharges at intervals balls or stars of fire

a member of the Roman Catholic Church

of, relating to, or being a Christian church having a hierarchy of priests and bishops under the pope, a liturgy centered in the Mass, veneration of the Virgin Mary and saints, clerical celibacy, and a body of dogma including transubstantiation and papal infallibility

the faith, doctrine, or polity of the Roman Catholic Church

clerical collar

a novel in the form of a long usually easygoing chronicle of a social group (such as a family or a community)