Lionism

English Pronunciation en /ˈlaɪənɪzm̩/ RP en /ˈlaɪəˌnɪzəm/ GA en Li on i sm Etymology 1 From en Lion(s Club) -ism suffix forming tendencies of action, behaviour, condition, state, condition, or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons. Proper noun - The ideals of and membership in the Lions Club. en 1959 The Light of Other Days Minter L. Wilson 224 We have learned that Lionism is a spirit . We have learned that an atmosphere has created Lionism, and that Lionism in return creates an atmosphere. en 1986 Bombay by 2000 A.D. Rashmi Mayur, Prem Ratan Vohra 87 The laudable aspects of the movement caught the imagination of the citizens of the world and soon Lionism became an international movement. en 1991 We Serve: A History of the Lions Clubs Paul Martin 22 In Lionism, I feel we have such a stabilizer and inasmuch as it has been truly said that Lionsim represents a true cross-section of the best in citizenship, everywhere, much of our feeling of concern may to a very large extent at least be allayed. en Tell: The Weekly Newsmagazine Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Tell Communications 2000 11 1115-7615 264082554 Sanusi says of his tenure as a Lions Club member: "I have always believed that lionism and clubs alike are anti-Islamic but this disposition, however, changed when I was lured into the club by a friend. And upon realising its objectives, I promise not to rest on my oars in making Lions Club the desire of all who want to render service to humanity." en 2000 Big Daddy: The W. Roy Poole Story Pepper Worthington 122 O is also for outstanding, that one word that better sums up his contributions to Lionism. en w:Ola Vincent Ola Vincent’s Speeches, Writings and Presentations: 1985–2004 Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria Macmillan Nigeria 2005 449 978-978-018-465-0 Thus lionism enshrined the doctrine of love, which binds humanity together. en T. M. Gunaraja; P. N. Gopinathan Past District Governors The International Association of Lions Clubs (Lions Clubs International) District 324-A1: Lions Handbook Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Signpost Celfon.In Technology 2016–2017 52 https://books.google.com/books?id=9MeqDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA52 He R. Ravichandran joined lionism in 1985 in Lions Club of Madras Park Town. en 2023 My Journey in Lionism Bishnu Bajoria 8 Lionism is a platform which gives enough opportunity to its members to develop their personalities and become better human beings. Alternative forms en lionism rare Translations ideals of and membership in the Lions Club Etymology 2 See en lionism. Noun en rare en lionism. en H[arriet] M[artineau] Art. I.—Heads of the People. The ‘Lion’ of a Party. London, 1839. [...] [book review] The London and Westminster Review London Printed by C[harles] Reynell,16 Little Pulteney street, Haymarket. April 1832 XXXII II 262 https://archive.org/details/sim_westminster-review_1839-04_32_2/page/262/mode/1up 636185433 The practice of "Lionism" originates in some feelings which are very good,—in veneration for intellectual superiority, and gratitude for intellectual gifts; and its form and prevalence are determined by the fact, that literature has reached a larger class, and interested a different order of people from any who formerly shared its advantages. A wise man might, at the time of the invention of printing, have foreseen the age of literary "Lionism," and would probably have smiled at it as a temporary extravagance. 179 So sudden; all common Lionism, which ruins innumerable men, was as nothing to this. [T]hese Lion-hunters were the ruin and death of Robert Burns. They gathered round him in his Farm; hindered his industry; no place was remote enough from them. He could not get his Lionism forgotten, honestly as he was disposed to do so. Clifton 247 John Sterling glanced pertinently with victorious clearness, without spleen, though often enough with a dash of mockery, into its Puseyisms, Liberalisms, literary Lionisms, or what else the mad hour might be producing,—always prompt to recognise what grain of sanity might be in the same. en Dennis Forsythe West Indian Culture through the Prism of Rastafarianism R[alston] M[ilton] Nettleford Caribbean Quarterly: Rastafari Mona, Jamaica Department of Extra-mural Studies, University of the West Indies December 1980 26 4 75 0008-6495 40795022 24727353 Ultimately, then, the return to Lionism means destroying or transcending major ingredients of our inherited selves – albeit our acquired (slave) selves.