Meanings of converted under in English

Was converted under the instructions of a Christian preacher, was baptized and received into that denomination.

Brother Chester came to this country in 1849, from England, where he had been converted under the labors of Rev.

His favorite theme was the sin-atoning work of Christ Jesus; and the numbers converted under his faithful preaching were exceedingly great.

The man was a fugitive slave, and his companion was an Indian woman, converted under the preaching of a missionary among the Indians.

I have no doubt that this was so with many of the three thousand who were converted under Peter's preaching on the day of Pentecost.

Therefore, any ordinary plant having viscid glands, which occasionally caught insects, might thus be converted under favourable circumstances into a species capable of true digestion.

"He was a good preacher," said one, "and I was converted under him.