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ˈRoman ˈCatholic, n. and a.
[Roman a. 10.
The use of this composite term in place of the simple Roman, Romanist, or Romish, which had acquired an invidious sense, appears to have arisen in the early years of the 17th century. For conciliatory reasons it was employed in the negotiations connected with the Spanish Match (1618–24), and appears in formal documents relating to this, printed by Rushworth (1659), I. 85–89. After that date it was generally adopted as a non-controversial term, and has long been the recognized legal and official designation, though in ordinary use Catholic alone is very frequently employed.]
A. n. A member or adherent of the Roman Church; = catholic n. 2.
1605Sandys Europæ Speculum K 3 b, Some Roman-Catholiques will not say grace..when a Protestant is present. 1615Day Festivals 159 Nor meant it Roman Catholiques, but good true Catholiques indeed. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ii. 146 There was a stiffe Roman Catholick (as they delight to term themselves) otherwise a man well accomplished. 1715Addison Freeholder (1751) 12 Having been joined by a considerable Reinforcement of Roman-Catholicks. 1791Boswell Johnson an. 1763, 5 Aug., In the afternoon the gentlewoman talked violently against the Roman Catholicks. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 231 His brother and heir presumptive was known to be a bigoted Roman Catholic. 1872Freeman Sk. European Hist. xvii. §16 By the admission of the Roman Catholics to equal rights with Protestants.
transf.1629H. Burton Truth's Triumph 51 To reconcile this Catholicke word Imputation, to the Church of Rome, and to make it a Roman-Catholicke.
B. adj. Of or belonging to the Church of Rome; = catholic a. 7.
1614T. Gentleman England's Way to Wealth 18 All those Romaine Catholicke and Papisticall countries. 1623in Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 86 That as well the most gratious Infanta as all her Servants and Family shall have free use and public Exercise of the Roman Catholick Religion. 1678Evelyn Diary 15 Nov., Divers..were sent to the Towre, and all the Roman Catholic Lords were by a new act..excluded the Parliament. 1712Addison Spect. No. 458 ⁋5 English Gentlemen who travel into Roman-Catholick Countries. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) I. 14 The largeness and opulence of the lands in the Roman catholic districts. 1791Act 31 Geo. III, c. 32 §11 Any Roman Catholick Ecclesiastick. Ibid. §16 As a Roman Catholick School-master or School-mistress. 1829Act 10 Geo. IV, c. 7 (R.C. Emancipation), Certain Restraints and Disabilities..imposed on the Roman Catholic Subjects of His Majesty. 1872Freeman Sk. European Hist. xiii. §10 This Council..fixed the Roman Catholic doctrines and practices in a much more rigid shape.
Hence ˈRoman-Caˈtholically, -ˈCatholicly adv.; ˈRoman Caˈtholicism.
1793[see catholicly adv. 2 b]. a1823D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1866) 88 Sigismund lost both his crowns by his bigoted attachment to Roman Catholicism. 1842Mrs. Trollope Visit Italy I. iii. 43 Many among them [sc. churches in Genoa] must be accounted, Roman-catholically speaking, as very rich. 1870–76[see Catholicism 1 c]. |