Romanism

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion. derogatory, uncountable

    "Romanism once extinguished, all other Sects will follow, and that the Catholic Religion—falsely so called—for Catholick means universal—is going, none now will venture to deny."

  2. 2
    the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome wordnet

Etymology

From Roman + -ism, after Romanist. Compare Romish.

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