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The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.

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  1. n. The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.
  2. The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith. Our duty to contend even to confessorship. J. H. Newman.
  3. The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.Our duty to contend even to confessorship. J. H. Newman.