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Webster 1913 Edition
Persism
Per′sism
,Noun.
A Persian idiom.
Definition 2024
Persism
Persism
English
Noun
Persism (plural Persisms)
Proper noun
Persism
- (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.
- E. Vernon Arnold