Definition of Proselyting

1. Verb. (present participle of proselyte) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proselyting

1. proselyte [v] - See also: proselyte

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proselyting

prosecutorial
prosecutorially
prosecutors
prosecutorship
prosecutorships
prosecutrix
prosecutrixes
prosed
prosegment
proselike
proselyte
proselyted
proselyter
proselytes
proselytic
proselyting (current term)
proselytisation
proselytisations
proselytise
proselytised
proselytiser
proselytisers
proselytises
proselytising
proselytism
proselytisms
proselytization
proselytizations
proselytize
proselytized

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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