Rome
capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,768 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,266 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire also: Roma, Eternal City, Italian capital, capital of Italy
- the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church
Rome in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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For he'll complain unto the see of Rome.
Edward the Second · Christopher Marlowe · Chapter 1
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I left Rome and made a rapid journey home.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 474 · Various · Chapter 1
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You have acted certain murders here in Rome, Bloody and full of horror.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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Could stars of Mayfair be content To round upon Rome or the Riggi, and smug up in Surrey or Kent?
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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Shame on the false Etruscan, Who lingers in his home, 15 When Porsena of Clusium Is on the march to Rome.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1