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Romeward, adv. and a.|ˈrəʊmwəd|
[f. Rome n. + -ward.]
1. Towards, in the direction of, Rome.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 6810 How longe þe Romayns scholde soiourne, & whan þey scholde to Rome⁓ward tourne. 1390Gower Conf. II. 200 Every lond, to Romeward which hadde be soubgit tofore. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1262 Seint Ambroses legende seith, how he Ones to Rome-ward took his viage.
1887Bowen Virg. Ecl. i. 26 What was the mighty occasion that Romeward called thee to go?
2. Towards the Roman Catholic Church or Roman Catholicism.
1864Newman Apol. iv. (1904) 135/1 As soon as I turned my face Romeward. 1871E. Harrison in Life & Lett. Jowett (1897) II. 27 Newman stirred the soul of Oxford and drew all Romeward.
Comb.1876Fox Bourne Locke I. 459 Such a system of Church discipline as Stillingfleet and the Romeward-tending Church of England advocated and enforced.
3. a. As adj. Directed to, tending towards, the Roman Catholic Church.
1851Bp. Wilberforce in R. G. Wilberforce Life (1881) II. 110 That Romeward tendency which, in many minds, is our present especial danger. 1887Spectator 12 Mar. 360/2 His distinct repudiation of Romeward doctrine.
b. Directed towards or facing the city of Rome.
1850J. Miley Hist. Papal States I. 6 Not less so on the Adriatic side of the Apennines than on the Romeward side. 1979London Rev. Bks. 25 Oct. 5/3 Salim's flight to London can be compared..to the Romeward journey in Virgil.
So ˈRomewards adv.
1849M. Arnold Resignation 9 So warriors said, Scarf'd with the cross..; so [said]..The Goth, bound Rome-wards. 1866T. N. Harper Peace thro' Truth Ser. i. p. xcvii, Devout and earnest persons, casting a wistful glance Romewards. |