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Definition of Persecutes
1. persecute [v] - See also: persecute
Lexicographical Neighbors of Persecutes
Literary usage of Persecutes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testament by John Brown (1818)
"... Tbe gospel is spread. common or unclean hath at any time entered into my month.
THE ACTS. Herod persecutes the ..."
2. The Papacy and the Civil Power by Richard Wigginton Thompson (1876)
"He persecutes Reformers and Papists.—Edward VI. the first Protestant King ...
She persecutes both Papists and Protestants.—Is educated in the School of Rome ..."
3. The Papacy and the Civil Power by Richard Wigginton Thompson (1876)
"He persecutes Reformers and Papists.—Edward VI. the first Protestant King. ...
She persecutes both Papists and Protestants. — Is educated in the School of ..."
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