Word Meanings - PETALISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.

• Suspectless
  Not suspecting; having no suspicion.
• Banishment
  The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.
• Haversack
  A bag for oats or oatmeal.
• Ostracism
  Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.
• Sentence
  Sense; meaning; significance.
• Citizen
  One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises.
• Haversian
  Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century.
• Sentenced
  of Sentence
• Whichever
  Alt. of Whichsoever
• Ambition
  The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
• Citizeness
  A female citizen.
• Havildar
  In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant.
• Sentencer
  One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation.
• Whichsoever
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• Ambitionist
  One excessively ambitious.
• Citizenship
  The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
• Similar
  Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.

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