Definition of Colportages

1. colportage [n] - See also: colportage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colportages

colpopathy
colpoperineoplasty
colpoperineorrhaphy
colpopexy
colpoplasty
colporate
colport
colportage
colportages (current term)
colported
colporteur
colporteurs
colporting
colports
colposcopes
colposcopic
colposcopies
colpostenotomy

Literary usage of Colportages

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Baptist Missionary Magazine by Executive Committee, Baptist General Convention, American Baptist Missionary Union, Board of Managers (1849)
"... _s opened a field for bible colportages^» e which has not existed before. The po -^m- lice and military have been greatly in m- creased in every city. ..."

2. The Danville Quarterly Review (1863)
"Transfer duties of Treasurer to Superintendent of colportages. 4. Transfer duties of Publishing Agent to Superintendent of Depository. 5. ..."

3. Report of the Third Decennial Missionary Conference Held at Bombay, 1892-1893 by Alfred Mainwaring (1893)
"... and by a judicious co-operation with the Bible Society the cost of colportages wonld be so reduced as to make their employment no material burden to ..."

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