Definition of rome

What does the word rome mean?

• part of speech: noun

  City or ancient State of R. (R. was not built in a day, encouragement to fainthearted); Roman empire; Church of R., whence Romeward a. & adv. Romewards adv., Romish a. (contempt.). [old French]

• part of speech: noun

  do in R. as R. does, as the Romans do, accommodate oneself to the prevailing morality &c.