Obs. See also TURKISM. [f. med.L. Turc-us TURK + -ISM.] The religion or system of the Turks; Mohammedanism.
1566. in Neal, Hist. Purit. (1732), I. 233. Turcism stood upon as good ground as Popery.
1582. Munday, Breefe & True Rep. Exec. Traytours, 122. I think … if any Prince fal by infidelity into Turscisme, Atheisme, Paganisme or any such lyke, that the Pope hath aucthoritie to depose such a Prince.
1607. R. C[arew], trans. Estienne’s World of Wonders, 75. If a man would haue a perfect … religion…, he must compound it of Christian religion, Iudaizm, and Turcizm.
1621–31. Laud, Sev. Serm. (1847), 13. Heathenism, and Turcism, and Judaism, and Heresy, and Superstition, and Schism.
1721. Strype, Eccl. Mem., I. xxxv. 271. He grounds his … discourse upon the probability of the fall of Turcism.
b. Turkish principles and practice.
1581. Allen, Apol., 29 b. Greekes and Hungarians infected with Turcisme.
1613. Zouch, Dove, 29. Illyricum whilst Turcisme it oreflowes, Feeles not her billowes, nor respects her blowes.
a. 1643. Ld. Falkland, etc., Infallibility (1646), 109. The very using of this violence is a prime piece of Turcisme.
1705. Stanhope, Paraphr., III. 324. The Parts of the Christian Church once most conspicuous and flourishing … have long since been overrun with Turcism and Barbarity.
