persecution (1155)

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persecution (1155)

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[ FEW: 8,264a persecutor; Gdf: 6,112c persecucion; GdfC: 10,322c persecution; TL: 7,787 persecucïon; DEAF:  persecuter (persecution); DMF:  persécution; TLF:  persécution; OED:  persecution n.; MED:  persecucion n.; DMLBS: 2232c persecutio ]
persecucion,  persecuciun,  persecusion,  persecutiun,  persecotion  

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1persecution, oppression
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  En sun tens fu l'ocision E la grant persecution De cels ki Damnedeu serveient  5576
( c.1213; MS: s.xivin )  se sustreitrent de paens E de lur persecution  463
( 1216-25; MS: 1307-15 )  Aprés ceo Dioclicianus fist grant persecusion de la christenite  8.9
( s.xiv1/4; MS: s.xivex )  Endementers, tant come cete persecuciun dura, avint par l'ordinance de Dieu ke sire Roger de Mortemer fut cheminant par un matin vers son deduyt oveske sa meygné [...]  17.486
( 1363-64 )  persones diffamés ou suspectes des dites impetracions, persecucions, grevances  i 386
persecuter  persecutour  persequer 
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