psephisma en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin psēphisma, and its source, Ancient Greek ψήφισμα (psḗphisma).
Meanings
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(qualifier: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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| psephismata | Number=Plur | lexicographic |