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proselyte Definition

pros·elyte (präs′ə līt′)

noun

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

Etymology: 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

proselyte Synonyms

proselyte

n.

neophyte, disciple, convert; see follower.

proselyte Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: One did not have to become a proselyte in order to be accepted by God.
  • make: Their followers willingly " compass sea and land to make one proselyte " ( Matt.
  • gain: Paul might have preached long enough had his preaching caused no impression, and gained no proselytes to Christ.

Adjective modifier

  • gentile: Perhaps the gospel writer is telling us that Jesus's mother was a gentile proselyte of Judaism.

Modifies a noun