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PROPAGATION

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 439 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PROPAGATION , the multiplication of a See also:

species by natural processes of See also:reproduction (q.v.). The Latin propagare meant to fasten down (See also:pro- and pangere, to fasten) layers, shoots or slips (propagines) of See also:plants for the purpose of reproduction, hence to generate, reproduce and generally to extend or increase. It is in this sense that " propagation " is used of the spreading or dissemination of doctrines, ideas, opinions, &c. The See also:term " propaganda," often wrongly used as a plural word, means properly an organization or association for the spreading of particular beliefs or opinions, and is an See also:adaptation of the name of that See also:committee of cardinals in the See also:Roman See also:curia which supervises See also:foreign See also:missions, the full See also:title being Congregatio de propaganda fide.

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