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Definition of: petalism
(pet′l·iz′əm) noun
A form of ostracism in use among the Greeks of ancient Syracuse, who wrote on olive leaves their votes to banish for five years a citizen obnoxious to his fellow citizens. [<Gk. petalismos <petalon a leaf]
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