syssitia (sisitia)

[NL., food was, until the decadence, in general plain, and sobriety of drinking was enforced. The chief object of the sy itia was to unite the members of the ruling cla by bonds of intimacy, and to give them a cohesion which furthered greatly their civil and military enterprise. systaltic (sis-tal'tik), a. [= F.systaltique, 6142 dilating; capable of or resulting from systole and diastole; pulsatory: as, the systaltic action of the heart. Compare peristaltic. systasis (sis'tā-sis), n. [NL., Burke , Rev. in France. government. systatic (sis-tat'ik), a. Introductory; commendatory. Systatic letters or epistles, commendatory letters. See commendatory.