p 3 e 1 r 1 s 1 e 1 c 3 u 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1
11 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
originEquivalent to persecute + -ion. From Middle English persecucioun, from Old French persecucion, from Ecclesiastical Latin persecūtio (“persecution; chase, pursuit”), from Latin persequor (“follow up, pursue”), from per- (“through”) + sequor (“follow”). Displaced native Old English ēhtnes.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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