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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Romaic  \Ro*ma"ic\,  a.  [NGr.  ????:  cf  F.  roma["i]que.  See 
  {Roman}.] 
  Of  or  relating  to  modern  Greece,  and  especially  to  its 
  language.  --  n.  The  modern  Greek  language,  now  usually  called 
  by  the  Greeks  {Hellenic}  or  {Neo-Hellenic}. 
 
  Note:  The  Greeks  at  the  time  of  the  capture  of  Constantinople 
  were  proud  of  being  "Romai^oi,  or  Romans  .  .  .  Hence 
  the  term  Romaic  was  the  name  given  to  the  popular 
  language.  .  .  .  The  Greek  language  is  now  spoken  of  as 
  the  Hellenic  language.  --Encyc.  Brit. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  romaic 
  adj  :  relating  to  modern  Greece  or  its  inhabitants  or  its  language 
  n  :  the  modern  Greek  vernacular  [syn:  {Romaic},  {Demotic}] 




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