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2 definitions found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Per·sism
n.
An
ancient
Persian
religion
,
esp
.
as
represented
by
the
Magi
;
a
form
of
Zoroastrianism
.
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
.
--
E
.
Vernon
Arnold
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Per·sism
n.
A
Persian
idiom
.
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