proselyte
[ pros-uh-lahyt ]
/ ˈprɒs əˌlaɪt /
noun
a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
verb (used with or without object), pros·e·lyt·ed, pros·e·lyt·ing.
Origin of proselyte
1325–75; Middle English < Late Latin
prosēlytus < Greek (Septuagint)
prosḗlytos, for
*prosḗlythos newcomer, proselyte, equivalent to
prosēlyth- (suppletive stem of
prosérchesthai to approach) +
-os noun suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM proselyte
pros·e·lyt·er, nounWords nearby proselyte
British Dictionary definitions for proselyte
proselyte
/ (ˈprɒsɪˌlaɪt) /
noun
a person newly converted to a religious faith or sect; a convert, esp a gentile converted to Judaism
verb
a less common word for proselytize
Derived forms of proselyte
proselytism (ˈprɒsɪlɪˌtɪzəm), noun proselytic (ˌprɒsɪˈlɪtɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for proselyte
C14: from Church Latin
prosēlytus, from Greek
prosēlutos recent arrival, convert, from
proserchesthai to draw near