Roomse gevaar, noun phrase

/ˌrʊəmsə xəˈfɑː(r)/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, ‘the Roman peril’, Roomse Roman + gevaar danger; probably formed by analogy with swart gevaar.
Note:
In both senses, see also gevaar.
a. A derogatory reference to Roman Catholicism; also used ironically.
1965 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)So you’re Anglican? I’m of the Roomse Gevaar.
1973 A. Paton Apartheid & Archbishop 47The important N.G.K. journal, Die Kerkbode, to this day warns its readers against the Roomse gevaar, the ‘Roman danger’.
1981 C. Barnard in Daily Dispatch 9 Mar. 6A few prejudices picked up in my youth..were based mainly on dark warnings about the ‘Roomse gevaar’ (Romish danger).
b. An attitude of extreme prejudice towards the Roman Catholic Church. Also attributive.
1975 W. Marais in Crozier Nov. 1I stood there with childhood memories of ‘Roomse Gevaar’ still echoing albeit softly, through my mind, with my arms linked..with Catholic Pentecostals, Anglicans, nuns and laity.
1978 TV Times 14 May 3This is a movie which may please the ‘Roomse gevaar’ campaigners.
1989 Weekly Mail 20 Oct. 33The [Catholic] church’s initial response was conciliatory, partly from fear of a government which..espoused the Roomse gevaar mentality of the Dutch Reformed churches.
1991 [see rooi gevaar].
A derogatory reference to Roman Catholicism; also used ironically.
An attitude of extreme prejudice towards the Roman Catholic Church. Also attributive.
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