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The definition of a proselyte is a person who switches from one belief or religion to another.

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An example of a proselyte is a Christian who becomes a Muslim.

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noun

a person who has been converted from one religion to another, or from one belief, sect, party, etc. to another

Origin: ME proselite < LL(Ec) proselytus < Gr prosēlytos, stranger, sojourner (in N.T., a convert) < 2d aorist stem of proserchesthai, to come < pros, toward + erchesthai, to come, akin to orcheisthai: see orchestra

See proselyte in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A new convert to a doctrine or religion.

verb pros·e·lyt·ed, pros·e·lyt·ing, pros·e·lytes

verb, transitive

To proselytize (a person).

verb, intransitive

To engage in proselytization.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English proselite

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Late Latin prosēlytus

Origin: , from Greek prosēlutos, stranger, proselyte

Origin: : pros-, pros-

Origin: + , ēluth-

Origin: aorist tense stem of erkhesthai, to go

Related Forms:

prosˈe·lytˌer noun

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