Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sebastianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: se-bas-tian-ism
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The folkloric belief that King Sebastian of Portugal (1554–1578) will return from the dead to lead the Portuguese or Brazilian people as a messiah.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Sebastianism kept alive the spirit of independence in a country now brought under the sovereignty of the Spanish Crown."

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese sebastianismo. By surface analysis, Sebastian + ism.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does sebastianism mean?: The folkloric belief that King Sebastian of Portugal (1554–1578) will return from the dead to lead the Portuguese or Brazilian people as a messiah.
Where does sebastianism come from?: Borrowed from Portuguese sebastianismo. By surface analysis, Sebastian + ism.

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