Ciceronianism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ciceronianism \Cic`e*ro"ni*an*ism\, n.
     Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero;
     a Ciceronian phrase or expression. "Great study in
     Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford." --Sir P. Sidney.
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