proselyte

English

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Etymology

From Middle English proselite, from Late Latin proselutus (proselytus, “proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσηλυτος (proselytos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρό (pro, “to, towards”) and lytós), 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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɹɒsɪlʌɪt/

Noun

proselyte (plural proselytes)

1. One who has recently converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
   • King James Bible, Matthew 23:15:

     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.

Translations

one who has converted to a religion

• Dutch: bekeerling (nl) m
• French: prosélyte (fr) m
• Polish: prozelita (pl) m, neofita (pl) m

• Portuguese: prosélito (pt) m
• Swedish: proselyt (sv) c

Verb

proselyte (third-person singular simple present proselytes, present participle proselyting, simple past and past participle proselyted)

1. (transitive) To proselytize.

Derived terms

• proselyter
• proselytic
• proselytism

Translations

proselytize

• Dutch: bekeren (nl)

Anagrams

• polyester
• polytrees

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Latin

Adjective

prosēlyte

1. vocative masculine singular of prosēlytus