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Webster 1913 Edition
Colportage
Col′porˊtage
,Noun.
[F.]
The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.
Definition 2025
colportage
colportage
English
19th century colporter
Noun
colportage (usually uncountable, plural colportages)
- the distribution or selling of publications via carriers, particularly devotional literature