CALL TO THE UNCONVERTED

  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

CALL TO THE UNCONVERTED

Specialty Definition: CALL TO THE UNCONVERTED

DomainDefinition

Literature

Call to the Unconverted An invitation accompanied with promises and threats, to induce the unconverted to receive the gospel. Richard Baxter wrote a book so entitled. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Crosswords: CALL TO THE UNCONVERTED

Specialty definitions using "CALL TO THE UNCONVERTED": Rack. (references)

Top     

Non-Fiction Usage: CALL TO THE UNCONVERTED

SubjectTopicQuote

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the unconverted the rack never had any particular efficacy, and is now held in light popular esteem.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: CALL TO THE UNCONVERTED


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 41 4C 4C      54 4F      54 48 45      55 4E 43 4F 4E 56 45 52 54 45 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01000001 01001100 01001100 00100000 01010100 01001111 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010101 01001110 01000011 01001111 01001110 01010110 01000101 01010010 01010100 01000101 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#65 &#76 &#76 &#32 &#84 &#79 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#85 &#78 &#67 &#79 &#78 &#86 &#69 &#82 &#84 &#69 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0041 004C 004C      0054 004F      0054 0048 0045      0055 004E 0043 004F 004E 0056 0045 0052 0054 0045 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3735464625449254423925548374948563952543938

Top     



INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.