Nor do non-church-goers appear to have been actively hostile to religion except when it took on a Romish or ritualistic form and became linked with the abrasive relations between Irish immigrants and the host community.
It gained new life in America, particularly among the New England Puritans determined to build a church ‘purged of Romish corruptions.’
That Romish, Popeish man of sin The one you loathed so long You gather at his bidding And sing his birthday song.
Thus, the New Jersey Methodist Conference of 1870 lashed out with their deepest feelings against this Romish obstructionism.
Definition of Romish in US English:
Romish
adjectiveˈrōmiSHˈroʊmɪʃ
derogatory
Roman Catholic.
〈主贬〉天主教的
Romish ideas
天主教思想。
Example sentencesExamples
Thus, the New Jersey Methodist Conference of 1870 lashed out with their deepest feelings against this Romish obstructionism.
It gained new life in America, particularly among the New England Puritans determined to build a church ‘purged of Romish corruptions.’
Nor do non-church-goers appear to have been actively hostile to religion except when it took on a Romish or ritualistic form and became linked with the abrasive relations between Irish immigrants and the host community.
That Romish, Popeish man of sin The one you loathed so long You gather at his bidding And sing his birthday song.