Pyˈthagorism ? Obs.
[ad. Gr. Πῡθαγορισµός, f. Πῡθαγορίζειν to pythagorize.]
The principles and practice of Pythagoras; Pythagoreanism.
1653 H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1713) 156 Though Platonism be derived from Pythagorism, yet it has left out the Theory of the Earth's Motion. 1662 ― Philos. Wks. Pref. Gen. ¶5 To make for the discovering that Pythagorisme had relation to the Text of Moses. |