Synonyms:
persecution
Meaning: the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
Usage examples
Neither could the prohibition be censured as religious persecution.
But then I did not have centuries of bitter persecution in my blood.
Under this ceaseless persecution, Laura's morbid self-communing was renewed.
Now, about the time of Nero's cruel persecution, the Christians of Rome began to use the Catacombs for meetings and services.
I have suffered enough already on account of that hideous business at Winchester, and I shall most resolutely defend myself from any further persecution.
They openly challenged the superiority, and even menaced the established church with that persecution which they afterwards exercised against her with such severity.
Rena believed that, to defend herself from persecution at his hands, it was only necessary that she never let him find her alone. This, however, required constant watchfulness.
During Rousseau's later years he was the victim of the delusion of persecution; and although he was protected by a succession of good friends, he came to distrust and quarrel with each in turn.
By continuing their violent persecution, and still more violent menaces against priests and Papists, they confirmed the Irish Catholics in their rebellion, and cut off all hopes of indulgence and toleration.
Your own church began with Henry the Eighth in 1534, with persecution and murder, when the king, his hands wet with the blood of his own wives and ministers, made himself the supreme head of the church in England.