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psephisma

psephisma noun: a psephism.

Noun

psephisma (plural psephismata)

  1. (Ancient Greece) A psephism.
    • The ruin of the antient democracies was, that they ruled […] by occasional decrees, psephismata.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

Forms of psephisma

pluralpsephismata

Origin of psephisma

From Latin psēphisma, and its source, Ancient Greek ψήφισμα (psḗphisma).

Questions about psephisma

What does psephisma mean?
Psephisma means a psephism.
What part of speech is psephisma?
Psephisma is a noun.
What is the plural of psephisma?
The plural of psephisma is psephismata.

Words near psephisma in the dictionary

  1. psellismus
  2. pseph-
  3. psephenid
  4. psephenids
  5. psephism
  6. psephisma
  7. psephismata
  8. psephisms
  9. psephite
  10. psephites
  11. psephitic

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