Proselyte Definition

prŏsə-līt
proselytes
noun

A new convert to a doctrine or religion.

American Heritage
A person who has been converted from one religion to another, or from one belief, sect, party, etc. to another.
Webster's New World
verb
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American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Proselyte

Noun

Singular:
proselyte
Plural:
proselytes

Origin of Proselyte

  • From Middle English proselite, from Late Latin proselutus (proselytus, “proselyte, alien resident"), from Ancient Greek προσηλυτος (prosÄ“lutos, “newcomer, convert") (from πρό (pro, “to, towards") and λυτός (lutos)), 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English proselite from Old French from Late Latin prosēlytus from Greek prosēlutos stranger, proselyte pros- pros- ēluth- aorist tense stem of erkhesthai to go

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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