Theol. [f. THOM-AS + -ISM. So F. thomisme (Roquefort, 1829).] The doctrines of Thomas Aquinas or of the Thomists.
1727–41. Chambers, Cycl., Thomism, or Thomaism. Ibid., The Thomism … which Alvarez embraces, admits a physical premonition, or predetermination.
1731. Bailey, vol. II., Thomism, the doctrine of Thomas Aquinas,… chiefly with respect to his opinions on predestination and grace.
1883. Schaff’s Encycl. Relig. Knowl., III. 2354. The Jesuits opposed Thomism … but it prevailed at the Spanish Universities of Salamanca, Coimbra, and Alcala.
