Thesaurus: roman

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1. a. Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done by Romans; as, Roman fortitude; a Roman aqueduct; Roman art.
2. a. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion.
3. a. Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters.
4. a. Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc.
5. n. A native, or permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of Rome, or one upon whom certain rights and privileges of a Roman citizen were conferred.
6. n. Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics.
7. adj. of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome)
8. adj. characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions
9. adj. of or relating to or supporting Romanism
10. n. a resident of modern Rome
11. n. an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire
12. n. a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions