zelote — meaning in English
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English meaning
- zealot noun Someone so committed to a cause or belief that they pursue it with extreme, often unreasonable intensity.
Senses
zelote is used for these senses in English:
- zealot (historical, Judaism) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
zealot — full definition
- noun Someone so committed to a cause or belief that they pursue it with extreme, often unreasonable intensity.
- noun Historically, a member of a Jewish political movement in first-century Judea that violently resisted Roman rule.
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