romanist

“The tory press justly consoled themselves by calculating that such a majority was only six per cent. of the votes polled, but they were very angry with the failure of the protestant electors in doing their patriotic duty against 'the pro-romanist candidate.”

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859

“For instance, we are told of a nobleman of a foreign country, a romanist, who professed to have had such times, that when he passed along the streets of Paris, where continual diversions might easily have disturbed him, and could scarce be imagined to do otherwise, his soul was so taken up with God as to be no more moved, than if he had been in a desert.”

The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI.