petalism noun.
['pɛt(ǝ)lɪz(ǝ)m] E17.[Greek petalismos, from petalon leaf: see PETAL noun, -ISM.]Hist. The custom of temporary banishment practised in ancient Syracuse, similar to the ostracism of ancient Greece, but using olive-leaves rather than potsherds.
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