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 I.  noun 
 Etymology: partly from Middle English, from Old English, from Latin romanus,  adjective &  noun , from Roma Rome; partly from Middle English Romain, from Anglo-French, from Latin romanus Date: before 12th century 
 
 1. a native or resident of Rome, a citizen of ancient Rome or of the roman Empire,  roman Catholic  , roman letters or type, 
 
 II.  adjective 
 Date: 14th century
 of or relating to Rome or the people of Rome, 
 
 2.  Latin  1a, of or relating to the Latin alphabet, of or relating to a type style with upright characters, of or relating to the see of Rome or the roman Catholic Church, having a semicircular intrados , having a prominent slightly aquiline bridge

 roman à clef 
  noun (plural romans à clef) 
 Etymology: French, literally, novel with a key
 Date: 1893
 a novel in which real persons or actual events figure under disguise

 roman campagna 
 geographical name see:  Campagna di Roma  

 roman candle 
  noun 
 Date: 1833
 a cylindrical firework that discharges at intervals balls or stars of fire

 roman catholic 
 
 
 I.  noun 
 Date: 1581
 a member of the roman Church, 
 
 II.  adjective 
 Date: 1614
 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

 roman catholicism 
  noun 
 Date: circa 1823
 the faith, doctrine, or polity of the Roman Catholic Church

 roman collar 
  noun 
 Date: circa 1890
  clerical collar  

 roman holiday 
  noun 
 Date: 1886
 a time of debauchery or of sadistic enjoyment, a destructive or tumultuous disturbance ;  riot  

 roman law 
  noun 
 Usage: often capitalized R
 Date: 1639
 the legal system of the ancient Romans that includes written and unwritten law, is based on the traditional law and the legislation of the city of Rome, and in form comprises legislation of the assemblies, resolves of the senate, enactments of the emperors, edicts of the praetors, writings of the jurisconsults, and the codes of the later emperors

 roman numeral 
  noun 
 Date: 1735
 a numeral in a system of notation that is based on the ancient Roman system