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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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