ROMAN

adj of or pertaining to the roman catholic religion; professing that religion.

2. roman ·noun roman type, letters, or print, collectively;

— in distinction from italics.

3. roman ·adj upright; erect;

— said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from italic characters.

4. roman ·adj expressed in letters, not in figures, as i., iv., i., iv., ·etc.;

— said of numerals, as distinguished from the arabic numerals, 1, 4, ·etc.

5. roman ·noun a native, or permanent resident, of rome; a citizen of rome, or one upon whom certain rights and privileges of a roman citizen were conferred.

6. roman ·adj of or pertaining to rome, or the roman people; like or characteristic of rome, the roman people, or things done by romans; as, roman fortitude; a roman aqueduct; roman art.