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Romane, -an, adj. Also: -aine. [ME romain (Cursor M.), -ein (Gower), f. OF Romain, -ayn (late 12th c. in Larousse), e.m.E. also roman (Shakespeare), conformed to L. Romānus.] Roman.

1. Of, belonging to or pertaining to ancient or imperial Rome. Also transf. a. Of persons. b. Of material or non-material things. c. Of language. = Latin(e adj. 2. d. Roman law.a. a1500 Bk. Chess 490.
A ȝoung Roman child Papirius 1533 Boece 137b.
Vespasiane Romane imprioure 1535 Stewart 6285.
Till exclude fra him that Roman huirb. a1500 Bk. Chess 871.
As in a Roman storye thus we reid 1531 Bell. Boece I 82.
The egill, quhilk is the Romane ansenye c1616 Hume Orthog. 8.
Quhat was the right Roman sound of them is hard to judge, seeing now we heer nae Romanesc. a1500 Seven S. 1888.
He had ane pyot … Was sa perfyte in Romane leid [etc.] 1622-6 Bisset I 88/21.
Translated out of Lating or Romane tung into vulgare Scottis langaiged. 1681 Stair Inst. i i §11.
Oft-times by the common law we understand the Roman law

e. Roman hand, round bold handwriting. 1567 Sat. P. iii 49.
With Romaine hand he could weill leid ane pen

2. Of, or pertaining to, modern Rome. 1591 Edinb. Test. XXIII 266b.
Ten pund of cannell Roman, price of the pund xxviij s. 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 312.
Cannell Romane

3. Of, or pertaining to, the Church of Rome. The Roman(e kirk, the Church of Rome.(1) 1540 Lynd. Sat. 514 (B).
First at the Romane court [Ch. kirk] will ȝe begyn 1581 Burne Disput. 48b.
In thai officeis, bages and priuilegis of the Romane preistis 1622 Perth Kirk S. MS 9 July.
Being askit of quhat religioun he is of ansuerit of the Catholick Romane religioun c1620–30 Cullen B. Ct. MS.
Renounceand the Roman religione callit papistrie, I [etc.](2) 1567 Reg. Privy C. I 522.
As in forme and maner of the Roman kirk 1568 Bk. Univ. Kirk I 125.
Thomas Bassandine … imprintit ane booke, intitulat the Fall of the Romane Kirk(3) 1602 Colville Paraenese 92.
Then the Catholiques Romane be blessed far aboue theis eeunderstanders

b. Romane buikis, mass books, etc., based on the Roman (as opposed to the Sarum) rite. c1475 Wall. (1570) x 1003.
The Romane buikis that than war in Scotland He gart thame beir to Scone