Definition of "lionism" in Englisch

noun

1. The 19th-century practice of bringing a lion (“an interesting person or object”) into one’s home as entertainment for visitors.

2. The state of being the lion (see above) of 19th-century hosts.

3. (by extension) The practice of lionizing (“treating a person as a celebrity or someone important”); also, the state of being lionized.

4. (pathology) The state of a person having a leonine facies, that is, facial features which resemble those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes leontiasis (“a medical condition characterized by an overgrowth of the cranial and facial bones”).

5. (Rastafari) The ideals of Rastafarianism.

name

1. (rare) Alternative letter-case form of Lionism (“the ideals of and membership in the Lions Club”).