01 n. Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.
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Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.(Gr. Antiq.)
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Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.“Public envy is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men when they grow too great.” — Bacon.“Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the . . . confidence, and honors, and emoluments of his country.” — A. Hamilton.