| 释义 |
ˈpythonism rare.
[f. python2 + -ism.]
Intercourse with or possession by a pythonic spirit; occult power thence derived; divination.
1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. ii. vi. §16. 202 This is much like what another of their Doctors sayes,..that Elisha his raising the child to life, and curing Naamans leprosie [etc.]..might all come to pass by the influence of the stars, or by Pythonisme. 1670Blount Glossogr. (ed. 3), Pythonism, the art of prophecying by a divelish spirit. |