proselyte en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɹɑsəˌlaɪt/ (US)
- /ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/ (UK)
Etymology
From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρός (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), perfect of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”)), 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.
Meanings
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One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
You are my doctor, my saviour, my omnipotent judge, my priest, my god, the surgeon of my soul. And I am your proselyte to sanity.
2002, Sarah Kane, 4.48 Psychosis, Methuen, →ISBN, page 31:Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 23:15:That evening the young nun lay exhausted between life and death in a brain fever, while all Naples was ringing with the faith, beauty, and fervour of the English proselyte.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 218:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| proselytes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
proselyte of the gate · proselytist · unproselyte · proselytess
Translations (28)
de Judengenosse (one who has converted to a religion) · pl neofita (one who has converted to a religion) · ru прозели́т (one who has converted to a religion) · it neofita (one who has converted to a religion) · nl jodengenoot (one who has converted to a religion) · uk прозеліт (one who has converted to a religion) · sh prozelit (one who has converted to a religion) · sw mwongofu (one who has converted to a religion) · ca prosèlit (one who has converted to a religion) · io prozelito (one who has converted to a religion) · it proselito (one who has converted to a religion) · es neófito (one who has converted to a religion) · fr néophyte (one who has converted to a religion) · de Proselyt (one who has converted to a religion) · hu megtért (új hitre, vallásra) (one who has converted to a religion) · fr prosélyte (one who has converted to a religion) · pt prosélito (one who has converted to a religion) · nl bekeerling (one who has converted to a religion) · el προσήλυτος (one who has converted to a religion) · pt neófito (one who has converted to a religion) · es prosélito (one who has converted to a religion) · grc προσήλυτος (one who has converted to a religion) · pl prozelita (one who has converted to a religion) · sv proselyt (one who has converted to a religion) · yi גר (one who has converted to a religion) · hu prozelita (one who has converted to a religion) · fi käännynnäinen (one who has converted to a religion) · hu áttért (one who has converted to a religion)