(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:13:56

Vam"pir*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. vampirisme.]

1.

Belief in the existence of vampires.

2.

The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.

3.

Fig.: The practice of extortion.

Carlyle.

 

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