Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Romeward · Rome·ward · IPA adv. a. 01 adv. Toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church. 1. Toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church. 02 a. Tending or directed toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church. 1. Tending or directed toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church. “To analyze the crisis in its Anglican rather than in its Romeward aspect.” — Gladstone.