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Roman

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1537, OED Evaluation: N/A

A member or adherent of the Roman Catholic Church; a Roman Catholic.

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Speaker: And the English church is a great friend of the Roman-Catholic church. Now, the Roman church may be all right, in its way, if it had left it at that. But still they call it a Roman-Catholic, you-see. Interviewer What- what do you call the people who belong to the Roman-Catholic church? Speaker: Mm? Interviewer: What do you call the people who belong to the Roman-Catholic church? Speaker: Well, I never heard them called anything else, only Romans.

A Roman Catholic.

Speaker: Marvin Donaldson, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 93, Interview: 1977, Lanark County