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proselytess|ˈprɒsɪlaɪtɪs| [f. proselyte n. + -ess1.] A female proselyte; spec. a female convert to Judaism.
1621Ainsworth Annot. Pentat. Deut. xxii. 19 A virgin an Israelitesse..an heathen that was become a proselytesse..was free from the mulct. 1711J. Gale Refl. Wall's Hist. Inf. Bapt. 356 A woman baptiz'd or wash'd, tho for uncleanness only, does nevertheless thereby become a proselytess or Jewess. 1879Farrar St. Paul (1883) 351 Among the women sat a Lydian proselytess. |