colporteur
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A colporteur was reading the parable of the Prodigal Son in a Paris cafe much frequented by North African workmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the colporteur helps Vincent find permanent lodging with a farming family in Wasmes, the community he's serving.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
His enmity with Rome dates from his Spanish experiences as colporteur of the Bible Society in 1838 and 1839.
From The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' by John Sampson
Their libel was seized in the hands of a colporteur.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
Joshua, was colporteur in Syria and in Asia Minor about 1860.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
But mostly the word is spread by the Society's volunteer workers and colporteurs, hawkers of Holy Writ who carry Bibles, pamphlets and records by donkey and jeep, camel and subway in 123 different countries.
From Time Magazine Archive
By far, the larger part of this total circulation is distributed by sale to individuals, through colporteurs, pastors, mission workers and others.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some facts: Total number of Bibles, New Testaments and portions of Scripture distributed last year: 11,888,226, of which 7,604.625 copies were sold by the colporteurs.
From Time Magazine Archive
This the church, in course of time, discovered, and instituted a "minor order" of ministers, under the title of colporteurs.
From A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
Perhaps some of her favourite colporteurs have fallen back into evil ways.
From The Perpetual Curate by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
