proselytism
(noun) the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel
proselytism
(noun) the practice of proselytizing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
proselytism (countable and uncountable, plural proselytisms)
The practice of proselytizing or the state of being a proselyte
Source: Wiktionary
Pros"e*ly*tism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. prosélytisme.]
1. The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party. They were possessed of a spirit of proselytism in the most fanatical degree. Burke.
2. Conversion to a religion, system, or party.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
