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Proselytize   Listen
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Proselytize  v. t.  (past & past part. proselytized; pres. part. proselytizing)  To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte. "One of those whom they endeavor to proselytize."






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"Proselytize" Quotes from Famous Books



... Chalcedon (451 A.D.) regarding certain questions of heresies, which led to its gradual separation from the Greek church. In the middle of the fifteenth century arose dissensions, which resulted in a schism; these were mainly occasioned by Roman Catholic missionaries who endeavored to proselytize the Armenians to the doctrine, liturgy, and ceremonies of the Roman church, to which they gained many adherents. This led to dissensions and persecutions, which continued until, in the middle of the eighteenth century, the Armenian patriarch secured the intervention ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXI, 1624 • Various



Words linked to "Proselytize" :   advocate, convert, proselyte, preach



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