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psephisms

psephisms is the plural of psephism.

Meaning of psephism

Noun

psephism (plural psephisms)

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece) A proposition adopted by a majority of votes, especially by the vote of the Athenian people; a statute.
    • No psephism shall pass to the commons before the senate's supervisal. The tablets on which the psephisms are engraved are by no means to be removed.1694, John Potter, Archaeologica Graeca
    Synonyms:
    psephisma

Questions about psephisms

What is psephisms the plural of?
Psephisms is the plural of psephism.

Words near psephisms in the dictionary

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

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