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ˈRome-runner Obs. exc. Hist.
Also 4 Rome-renner.
[f. Rome n. 2 + runner.]
A person, esp. a cleric, who was constantly journeying to Rome to obtain benefices or other advantages.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. iv. 111, I schal a-signe..alle Rome Renners..Bere no seluer ouer see. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 23 Þus þes rome renneris beren þe kyngys gold out of oure lond. 1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 88 Though so great hil of gold were in Ingelond, and no man outake siche Rome-renneris toke of it. 1577in J. Morris Troubles Cath. Forefathers (1872) i. ii. 79 Masters, you that are sworn, this fellow here, Cuthbert Maine, is, as you see, a Rome-runner.
1895Short Hist. Cath. Ch. Eng. 258 Abuses chiefly caused by so called Rome-runners—priests thronging to Rome and importuning the Holy See for benefices. |