"proselyte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/ [UK], /ˈpɹɑsəˌlaɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proselyte.wav Forms: proselytes [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|proselite}} Old French proselite, {{der|en|LL.|proselytus||proselyte, alien resident}} Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), {{der|en|grc|προσήλυτος||newcomer, convert}} Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”), {{der|en|he|גר|tr=ger}} Hebrew גר (ger) Head templates: {{en-noun}} proselyte (plural proselytes)
  1. One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism. Categories (topical): People Derived forms: proselyte of the gate, proselytess Translations (one who has converted to a religion): προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), prosèlit [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), bekeerling [masculine] (Dutch), jodengenoot (english: a gentile converted to Judaism) [masculine] (Dutch), käännynnäinen (Finnish), prosélyte [masculine] (French), néophyte [feminine, masculine] (French), Proselyt [masculine] (German), Judengenosse (english: a gentile converted to Judaism) [masculine] (German), προσήλυτος (prosílytos) [masculine] (Greek), megtért (új hitre, vallásra) (Hungarian), áttért (Hungarian), prozelita (Hungarian), prozelito (Ido), proselito [masculine] (Italian), neofita [masculine] (Italian), prozelita [masculine] (Polish), neofita [masculine] (Polish), prosélito [masculine] (Portuguese), neófito [masculine] (Portuguese), prozelit [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), neófito [masculine] (Spanish), prosélito [masculine] (Spanish), mwongofu [class-1, class-2] (Swahili), proselyt [common-gender] (Swedish), прозеліт (prozelit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), גר (ger) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/ [UK], /ˈpɹɑsəˌlaɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proselyte.wav Forms: proselytes [present, singular, third-person], proselyting [participle, present], proselyted [participle, past], proselyted [past]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|proselite}} Old French proselite, {{der|en|LL.|proselytus||proselyte, alien resident}} Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), {{der|en|grc|προσήλυτος||newcomer, convert}} Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”), {{der|en|he|גר|tr=ger}} Hebrew גר (ger) Head templates: {{en-verb}} proselyte (third-person singular simple present proselytes, present participle proselyting, simple past and past participle proselyted)
  1. (transitive) To proselytize. Tags: transitive Derived forms: proselyter, proselytic, proselytism, proselytize Translations (proselytize): bekeren (Dutch)
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