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Intense fear or dread of the pope, or of the Roman Catholic Church. [R.]

A Roman catholic; one who adheres to the Church of Rome and the authority of the pope; -- an offensive designation applied to Roman Catholics by their opponents.

e Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; -- so called from Patavium, now Padua, the place of Livy's nativity.

A saucerlike vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrificies.

A patrial noun. Thus Romanus, a Roman, and Troas, a woman of Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials. Andrews.

Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.

kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.

ment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. And bitter penance, with an iron whip. Spenser. Quoth he, "The man hath penance done, And penance more will do." Coleridge.

The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.

A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday. Shak.

An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women.

The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple.

ears, months, days, or the like; a time; a cycle; an age; an epoch; as, the period of the Roman republic. How by art to make plants more lasting than their ordinary period. Bacon.

a of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade.

The winged cap of Mercury; also, a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by Greeks and Romans.

d also Rome scot, and hearth money. (b) In modern times, a voluntary contribution made by Roman Catholics to the private purse of the pope. -- Peter's fish (Zoöl.), a haddock; -- so called because the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of St. Pete…

ng, spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.

An easy chariot or carriage, used by Roman ladies, and in which the vessels, etc., for sacred rites were carried.

ts. -- Plain song. (a) The Gregorian chant, or canto fermo; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. (b) A simple melody. -- Plain speaking, plainness or bluntness of speech.