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Webster 1913 Edition


Persism

Per′sism

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Noun.
A Persian idiom.

Definition 2024


Persism

Persism

English

Noun

Persism (plural Persisms)

  1. A Persian idiom.

Proper noun

Persism

  1. (archaic) Ancient Persian religion, especially as represented by the Magi.
    • E. Vernon Arnold
      This system we shall call 'Persism', in order to free ourselves of the popular associations still connected with such terms as magism, Parseeism, and so forth; meaning by 'Persism' the teaching of Zarathustra as it affected the Greek and Latin world.