Dictionary entry

Zionism

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Zi″on‐ism (?), n. [Zion + -ism.] Among the Jews, a theory, plan, or movement for colonizing their own race in Palestine, the land of Zion, or, if that is impracticable, elsewhere, either for religious or nationalizing purposes; — called also Zion movement. — Zi″on‐ist, n. — Zi′on‐is″tic (#), a.