psephism
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈsiːfɪzəm/
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/ˈsɛfɪzəm/
Noun
A proposition adopted by a majority of votes, especially by the vote of the Athenian people; a statute.
Usage- Historical
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- Examples
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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.
More examples (1)
The well-known story of the Spartan psephism quoted by Boethius de musica, via. that the Spartans ordered him to cut off four of his eleven strings […] is contradicted by the present text
Word forms
psephisms