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Persism

Persism noun: a Persian idiom.

Noun

Persism (plural Persisms)

  1. A Persian idiom.

Proper noun

Persism

  1. (archaic) Ancient Persian religion, especially as represented by the Magi.
    • 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.1911, Edward Vernon Arnold, Roman Stoicism

Forms of Persism

pluralPersisms

Questions about Persism

What does Persism mean?
Persism means a Persian idiom.
What part of speech is Persism?
Persism can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Persism?
The plural of Persism is Persisms.

Words near Persism in the dictionary

  1. Persingers
  2. Persings
  3. persipan
  4. persipans
  5. Persis
  6. Persism
  7. Persisms
  8. persist
  9. persist down
  10. persist it down
  11. persistability

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