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Proselyte

Proselyte Meaning & Definition
Proselyte Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Proselyte?

[n] a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism

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Proselyte In Webster's Dictionary

\Pros"e*lyte\, n. [OE. proselite, OF. proselite, F. proselytus, Gr. ?, adj., that has come, n., a new comer, especially, one who has come over from heathenism to the Jewish religion; ? toward, to + (prob.) the root of ? to come.] A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte. Ye [Scribes and Pharisees] compass sea and land to make one proselyte. --Matt. xxiii. 15. Fresh confidence the speculatist takes From every harebrained proselyte he makes. --Cowper. Syn: See {Convert}.
\Pros"e*lyte\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proselyted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proselyting}.] To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over.

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