Persism

2 definitions found

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

  Persism \Per"sism\, n.
     An ancient Persian religion, esp. as represented by the Magi;
     a form of Zoroastrianism.
     [1913 Webster + PJC]
  
           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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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

  Persism \Per"sism\, n.
     A Persian idiom.
     [1913 Webster]