Definition of Colportage. Meaning of Colportage. Synonyms of Colportage

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Definition of Colportage

Colportage
Colportage Col"por`tage, n. [F.] The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.

Meaning of Colportage from wikipedia

- Colportage is the distribution of publications, books, and religious tracts by carriers called "colporteurs" or "colporters". The term does not necessarily...
- de la littérature de Colportage, depuis le XVe siècle, jusqu'à l'établis****t des la Commission d'examen des livres du Colportage, 1852 La Bibliothèque...
- returned to the employ of Münchmeyer and began the first of five large colportage novels. One of these was Das Waldröschen (1882–1884). From 1879, May was...
- In 1894, Moody Publishers was founded under the name Bible Institute Colportage ****ociation (BICA). Moody's son-in-law, A. P. ****, managed BICA operations...
- (1759–1796) made up the history of the device. According to Siebenkees' colportage, it was first used on August 14, 1515, to execute a coin forger. Pear...
- synod." At length he was elected and served as librarian of the Board of Colportage of Pittsburgh and Allegheny synods, and soon afterwards he removed his...
- the eighteenth century. They are similar to the French literature of colportage, English chapbooks or to the Spanish pliegos, papeles volantes or hojas...
- 1839 to 1856. He was known also as Russell Salmon Cook, and built up colportage as basic to the Society's business model. Cook was born at New Marlborough...
- nature and daring actions. Among the most famous are his repeated personal colportage of illegal press to the Prague Gestapo office and his deliberate face-to-face...
- operating budget compared with other Tabernacle activities. xiv. The Colportage ****ociation. Colporters were emplo**** to take Bibles, good books and periodicals...