zeal

Converse of object

• crusade: This great emperor was now nearly seventy years old, yet age had not lessened his crusading zeal.
• reform: Reforming zeal Stephens now saw his life's work clearly.
• show: Already Wesley had begun to show a zeal for souls.
• have: We have the zeal, we know the Cross.

Adjective modifier

• evangelistic: Nor yet that in later days he would have carried his evangelistic zeal into wider fields.
• apostolic: To you, dear Brother Bishops, I commend this Year, confident that you will welcome my invitation with full apostolic zeal.
• patriotic: Patriotic zeal is not a ' fruit of the Spirit ' .
• messianic: Messianic zeal, nationalism and myth came together to justify the savagery of the colonial shock troops let loose in the country.
• fanatical: Indeed, they were considered its best grounds; and the lawyers defended them with fanatical zeal.
• evangelical: Yet, most people are in the Matrix - defending house prices with evangelical zeal.

Noun used with modifier

• missionary: On the contrary, fuelled with missionary zeal, they followed their biblical ancestors in the conquest of the holy land.
• burning: The old burning zeal has become what I call solar ethics.
• campaigning: Despite ill health in recent years, his campaigning zeal had remained undimmed.

Preposition: in

• cause: No true Mason scoffs at honest convictions and an ardent zeal in the cause of Truth and Justice.

Preposition: of

• lord: The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
• house: The zeal of thy house ( says he ) hath eaten me up.

Preposition: for

• glory: Every aspect of Welsh's ministerial effort at Ayr was marked by extraordinary zeal for the glory of God, and by careful circumspection.
• reform: His zeal for reform and the sharp discernment of his mind shine through the language of his official acts.
• law: That is the level of zeal for the law that Paul had.