1. (a.) 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.

2. (a.) of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion.

3. (a.) Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters.

4. (a.) 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. (n.) 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. (n.) Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics.

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