n. [ F. persécution, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Persecution produces no sincere conviction. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The state or condition of being persecuted. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
[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]