Psephism

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

  Psephism \Pse"phism\, n. [Gr. ? a decree, fr. ? to vote with a
     pebble, fr. ? pebble.] (Gr. Antiq.)
     A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially, one
     adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute. --J. P.
     Mahaffy.
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