Sebastianism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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
"Sebastianism kept alive the spirit of independence in a country now brought under the sovereignty of the Spanish Crown."
Example
More examples"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.