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proselyte

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14
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15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/(UK)
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/ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/(UK) · /ˈpɹɑsəˌlaɪt/(US)

Definition of proselyte

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
    “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.”
    “That evening the young nun lay exhausted between life and death in a brain fever, while all Naples was ringing with the faith, beauty, and fervour of the English proselyte.”
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noun

  1. One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
    “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.”
    “That evening the young nun lay exhausted between life and death in a brain fever, while all Naples was ringing with the faith, beauty, and fervour of the English proselyte.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To proselytize.

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Etymology

From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρός (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), perfect of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew גר (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5.

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