[パーシじん, pa-shi jin] (n) Parsee; Parsi (adherent of Zoroastrianism, esp. descendants of those who fled to India to escape persecution in Persia) [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Persecution \Per`se*cu"tion\, n. [F. pers['e]cution, L.
persecutio.]
1. The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the
infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a
particular creed or mode of worship.
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Persecution produces no sincere conviction. --Paley.
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2. The state or condition of being persecuted. --Locke.
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3. A carrying on; prosecution. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
persecution
n 1: the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or
religion)
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