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Definition of Proselyting
1. proselyte [v] - See also: proselyte
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proselyting
Literary usage of Proselyting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... pursued his family because of their Roman sympathies; his brother, Henry Donne,
was arrested for sheltering a proselyting priest, William Harrington. ..."
2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"Thus equipped the work of proselyting began, and in April, 1830, the Church of
Christ was " regularly organized and established, agreeable to the laws of ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"33, proselyting is forbidden as an offense to the state religion; yet, according
to the same paragraph, complete tolerance is practised, since it is stated ..."
4. The History of the Religion of Israel: An Old Testament Primer by Crawford Howell Toy (1883)
"proselyting.—It is a noteworthy fact that, for several centuries about the ...
Judaism was not missionary, it was proselyting; which is equivalent to saying ..."
5. The History of the Religion of Israel: An Old Testament Primer by Crawford Howell Toy (1882)
"proselyting.—It is a noteworthy fact that, for several centuries about the ...
Judaism was not missionary, it was proselyting; which is equivalent to saying ..."
6. The Principles of Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross (1920)
"It was the prediction of a coming Messiah who should enlighten and heal all the
peoples which inspired that religion to embark on a proselyting career which ..."
7. The Principles of Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross (1920)
"It was the prediction of a coming Messiah who should enlighten and heal all the
peoples which inspired that religion to embark on a proselyting career which ..."
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