? Obs. [f. BASTARD sb. + -ISM.] The condition of a bastard, illegitimacy, BASTARDY.
1589. Almond for P., 38. Is Christ descended of bastardisme or no, as you gaue out in the pulpyt.
1753. Scots Mag., Oct., 489/1. We ought to remove … the incapacities of bastardism.
