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noun
A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing, especially in Ancient Rome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: literature, media, publishing
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noun
The art or practice of fishing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, uncountable
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noun
evangelization; the spreading of Christianity across the world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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History
From Latin halieuticus ("halieutic, of or about fishing"), from Ancient Greek ἁλιευτικός (halieutikós) (alieutikós, "of or about fishermen"), from ἁλιεύς (halieús, “fisherman”). The Christianity definition comes from the fish being a symbol of the Christian faith.
