zemiism, n.

zemiism
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Revised 2018

# zemiismnoun

## Factsheet

### Where does the noun zemiism come from?

Earliest known use

1900s

The earliest known use of the noun zemiism is in the 1900s.

OED's earliest evidence for zemiism is from 1902, in Science.

### Nearby entries

1. Zelig, n. 1984–
2. Zelig-like, adj. 1983–
3. zelkova, n. 1836–
4. zelotypia, n. 1566–
5. zelotyping, adj. a1660
6. zelotypist, n.?1632
7. zelotypy, n. 1623–1794
8. Zemblan, n. & adj. 1674–1805
9. Zemblian, n. & adj. 1674–1796
10. zemi, n. 1555–
11. zemiism, n.1902–
12. zemiistic, adj. 1907–
13. zemirah, n. 1767–
14. zemni, n. 1775–
15. Zemsky Sobor, n. 1877–
16. zemstvo, n. 1865–
17. zemstvoist, n. 1904–
18. Zen, n. & adj. 1727–
19. Zen, v. 1968–
20. zenana, n. & adj. 1761–
21. zenana cloth, n. 1885–

## Meaning & use

1. 1902–
   See zemi n.
   Stressed as ˈzemiism.
   1. 1902

      > The whole social and religious organization was knit together by a form of totemism or tutelary clan ancients worship which I shall call Zemeism.

      Science 18 July 104
   2. 2004

      > Among the Tainos, human faces represented zemiism, the veneration of ancestors and caciques.

      Journal Caribbean History vol. 38 263
   religion
   1. zemiism 1902–
   2. manism 1904–
      The worship of spirits of the dead; ancestor-worship.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zemi, n.

zemi, n. was revised in June 2018.