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psephism Gr. Antiq.|ps-, ˈsiːfɪz(ə)m|
Also in Gr.-Lat. form pseˈphisma, pl. -ata.
[ad. Gr. ψήϕισµα, f. ψηϕίζειν to vote, prop. with pebbles, f. ψῆϕος pebble.]
A decree enacted by a vote of a public assembly, esp. of the Athenians.
1656Blount Glossogr., Psephism (psephisma), a decree, Statute, Law or Ordinance. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece i. xxvi. (1715) 149 No Psephism shall pass to the Commons, before [etc.]. 1860Mill Repr. Govt. (1865) 41/1 In the Athenian Democracy,..in the time of its most complete ascendancy, the popular Ecclesia could pass Psephisms (mostly decrees on single matters of policy), but laws, so called, could only be made or altered by..the Nomothetæ. |