2. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion;
professing that religion.
3. (Print.)
(a) Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type
ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic
characters.
(b) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i.,
iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from
the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc.
{Roman alum} (Chem.), a cubical potassium alum formerly
obtained in large quantities from Italian alunite, and
highly valued by dyers on account of its freedom from
iron.
{Roman balance}, a form of balance nearly resembling the
modern steelyard. See the Note under {Balance}, n., 1.
{Roman candle}, a kind of firework (generally held in the
hand), characterized by the continued emission of shower
of sparks, and the ejection, at intervals, of brilliant
balls or stars of fire which are thrown upward as they
become ignited.
{Roman Catholic}, of, pertaining to, or the religion of that
church of which the pope is the spiritual head; as, a
Roman Catholic priest; the Roman Catholic Church.
{Roman cement}, a cement having the property of hardening
under water; a species of hydraulic cement.
{Roman nose}, a nose somewhat aquiline.
{Roman ocher}, a deep, rich orange color, transparent and
durable, used by artists. --Ure.
{Roman order} (Arch.), the composite order. See {Composite},
a., 2.
2. Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in
distinction from Italics.
Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite.
--Landor.
2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of
the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called
also the {Roman} or the {Italic} order, and is one of the
five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the
sixteenth century. See {Capital}.