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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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  1. n. The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship.
  2. n. The state or condition of being persecuted.
  3. n. A carrying on; prosecution.
  4. n. the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
  5. 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. Persecution produces no sincere conviction. Paley. 2. The state or condition of being persecuted. Locke. 3. A carrying on; prosecution. [Obs.]
  6. n:100 n. the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)