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Sebastianism Chiefly Hist.|sɪbæstɪˈɑːnɪz(ə)m|
[f. the name of Dom Sebastian (1554–78), King of Portugal + -ism; cf. Portuguese Sebastianismo.]
(See quot. 1980.) Also Sebastiˈanist (also attrib. or as adj.), ‖ -a, an adherent or supporter of Sebastianism.
1881R. F. Burton Camoens I. 363 The ‘Sebastianistas’, as they were called, looked forward to a manner of Messiah. Ibid., The Braganza House used the Sebastianist legend to strengthen Portuguese nationality. 1907R. B. C. Graham in G. C. Graham Santa Teresa p. vii, The few Sebastianists who, it is said, lingered in Portugal almost down to the present century. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 566/2 ‘Sebastianism’ became a religion. 1944S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha's Rebellion in Backlands ii. 112 The political mysticism of Sebastianism. Extinct in Portugal, it persists unimpaired today..in our [Brazilian] northern back-country. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IX. 14/1 Sebastianistas believed that the King had not died during the battle. 1976H. V. Livermore New Hist. Portugal 165 The national rumour of Sebastianism had now taken firm root. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 4 July 764/2 Sebastianism takes its name from the myth current during the period of Spanish rule, that Portugal's King Sebastian, in fact killed in Morocco, would one day return to lead the nation to greatness and glory. |