proselyten.adj.

Brit.

/ˈprɒsᵻlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈprɑsəˌlaɪt/

Forms: Middle English procelyt, Middle English procelyte, Middle English–1600s prosilite, Middle English–1700s proselit, Middle English–1700s proselite, Middle English– proselyte, 1600s pros'lit (poetic), 1600s prosolite, 1600s prosylite, 1700s prosilyte; Scottish pre-1700 preselyte, pre-1700 proselit, pre-1700 proselyt, pre-1700 1700s– proselyte.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French proselite; Latin proselytus.

Etymology: < Middle French proselite, proselyte (French prosélyte ) convert to Judaism (13th cent. in Old French; in modern French also new convert to a religion (1611), foreigner converted to the customs of a country (1611), convert to a point of view, etc. (18th cent.)) and its etymon post-classical Latin proselytus (feminine proselyta ) Gentile convert to Judaism (Vetus Latina, Vulgate) < Hellenistic Greek προσήλυτος person who has come to a place, stranger, sojourner, convert to Judaism < ancient Greek προσηλυθ- , aorist stem of προσέρχεσθαι to come to, approach ( < προς to (see prosody n.) + ἔρχεσθαι to come, of uncertain origin) + -τος, suffix forming verbal adjectives.

A. n.

1. A Gentile who has converted to Judaism. proselyte of righteousness n. historical a Gentile convert who submits to all the ordinances of Judaic law. proselyte of the covenant n. historical = proselyte of righteousness n. proselyte of the gate n. historical a Gentile convert who does not submit to all the ordinances of Judaic law, esp. circumcision, and hence is not regarded as a full member of the Jewish faith.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Judaism > [noun] > person > convert

proselytec1384

proselytess1621

proselyte of the covenant1703

proselyte of the gate1879

society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > [noun] > one who undergoes

proselytec1384

proselytess1879

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds ii. 10 Jewis, and proselitis [L. proselyti], men of Crete and Arabye.

a1425 (c1384) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Ezek. xiv. 7 For a man, a man of the hous of Israel, and of proselitis [L. proselytis], or men new comen to the lawe of Jewis..if he shal be alienyd fro me and shal putte..ydolis in his herte..I, the Lord, shal answere to hym bi my silf.

a1500 Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl. 149) (1974) 54 (MED) We be sones of the Jewes and no proselytes.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 879 They were Proselites which were Gentiles borne, and embraced the Jewish Profession.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 8 The Translation of Aquila a Proselite, that is, one that had turned Iew.

1675 L. Addison Present State Jews 65 Baptism is a constant initiatory of the Proselyte.

1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Acts x. 2 Proselytes of the Covenant. That is, such Gentiles as submitted themselves to..the whole Mosaical pædagogy.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 454 The painful and even dangerous rite of circumcision, was alone capable of repelling a willing proselyte from the door of the synagogue.

1831 E. Burton Lect. Eccl. Hist. i. iv. 111 The proselytes of righteousness, i.e. Gentiles, who adopted circumcision and every other ordinance of the Mosaic Law.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. ii. viii. 139 One who was only a ‘proselyte of the gate’, one who held back from the seal of the covenant made to Abraham, would not be regarded as a full Christian any more than he would be regarded as a full Jew.

1986 N. de Lange Judaism i. 10 Whereas born Jews bear their father's name..proselytes have the patronymic ‘son/daughter of Abraham our father’.

1991 A. Unterman Dict. Jewish Lore & Legend 160/2 Conversion should be refused on the first three occasions, but then the proselyte should be accepted.

1997 Oxf. Dict. Jewish Relig. 550/1 The half proselyte..(the proselyte of the gate [cf. Ex. 20.10]), undertook in the presence of three haverim (scholars) to observe some of the basic principles (but not the ceremonies) of Judaism.

2005 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 12 June 13 Like birth the conversion process is irreversible. Even if after conversion the proselyte deviates from the religion he or she remains a Jew.

2. gen. A person who has changed from one opinion, religion, party, etc., to another; a convert.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > [noun] > one who has undergone

proselytec1384

converse1388

convert1561

convertitec1592

convertist1611

missionary1834

mihanere1840

vert1864

proselytess1879

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxiii. 15 Woo to ȝou, scribis and Pharisees, ypocritis, that cumpasen the se and the lond, that ȝee maken o proselite [a1425 L.V. prosilite; L. proselytum; 1535 Coverdale proselyte] that is, a conuertid to ȝoure ordre.

a1500 Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl. 149) (1974) 53 (MED) Ther was non that seyde so but only suche as wer of hys dyssyples and procelytes [Fr. proselite], born yn fornycacyoun.

c1540 Image Ipocrysy ii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 423 Of these neophites, And pevishe proselites, Springe vpp ipocrites.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 108 Would she begin a Sect, might..make Proselytes Of who she but bid follow.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 27 The Portugall has preacht Christ, but have few Proselites.

1640 T. Carew Poems 166 Both rendred Hymen's pros'lits by thy Muse.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 117 They..obtain'd Proselytes of weak uninform'd Ladies.

1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 492 These difficulties procured the theory of Boerhaave a great number of proselytes.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV IV. 67 Pelisson..busied himself with renegado zeal in buying proselytes to the faith of the court.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. 16 The Danes were the pupils and proselytes of the English.

1904 J. Conrad Nostromo ii. v. 162 Father Corbelàn..had wandered clothed in skins, seeking for proselytes.

1991 SunWorld Dec. 30/2 Many computer products and entities have advocates, proselytes, and acolytes, but perhaps none has enthusiasts as devoted as the believers in Unix.

2003 A. Sparks Beyond Miracle x. 211 Soros call such proselytes ‘capitalist fundamentalists’ and says they are a threat to his vision of an open society.

B. adj.

Of or relating to (esp. religious) conversion; (of a person) converted from one opinion, religion, or party to another, esp. from a Gentile faith to Judaism.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > [adjective] > converted

convert1622

proselyte1625

converted1640

convicted1822

1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron iv. v. 193 The moderne Iewes doe transferre the fault vpon certaine proselyte Egyptians who came forth with them.

1646 R. Baillie Anabaptism 135 The right of proselyte infants under the Law to the Covenant and the Sacrament which then did seal it.

1690 Banish'd Duke Dram. Pers. Formosa Catholica, a Proselite Popish Nymph.

1826 J. Gilchrist Lect. 33 It is certain that Proselyte Baptism existed among the Jews at and previously to the time of John the Baptist.

1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 113 How would the effect of this great revolution be described to the proselyte Gentiles?

1994 Hispanic Outlook Higher Educ. (Nexis) 31 Aug. 30 ‘In dealing with proselyte Jews,’ says Art Bernstein, ‘it needs to be a process not of taking something away from them, but of giving them something.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

proselytev.

Brit.

/ˈprɒsᵻlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈprɑsəˌlaɪt/

Forms: see proselyte n. and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: proselyte n.

Etymology: < proselyte n. Compare proselytize v.

1. Now chiefly U.S.

a. transitive. To make, or seek to make, a proselyte of; to convert, or attempt to convert, from one opinion, religion, party, etc., to another; to proselytize.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > acknowledge belief [verb (transitive)] > attempt conversion

proselyte1624

proselytize1796

society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > perform proselytization [verb (transitive)]

proselyte1624

proselytize1796

1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? To Rdr. I then deliuered vnto my neighbour, the partie that should haue been proselyted.

1680 Visor pluckt off R. Thompson 2 In less than two years he proselyted many Anabaptists and Quakers.

1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. i. iii. 57 Thus Sichem..was the first Place proselyted to the Gospel.

a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. x. 133 In whose name they were to baptize and proselyte all nations.

1747 J. Wesley Let. 11 June (1931) II. 289 It is not our care, endeavour, or desire to proselyte any from one..congregation or society, to another.

1831 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 45 409 [He] endeavoured to proselyte them to his own miserable state of unbelief.

1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 454/1 I don't proselyte my neighbors, because I believe in individual liberty.

1930 C. Ward Dutch & Swedes on Delaware 117 Although he had not yet got around to proselyting the Indians..the energy of this man-mountain had been effectively utilized.

2001 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 23 Feb. 1 e Not all Christians feel comfortable evangelizing or being evangelized, and people of other faiths often find being proselyted distasteful.

b. intransitive. To make, or seek to make, proselytes or religious converts; to proselytize.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > hold faith [verb (intransitive)] > attempt conversion

proselytize1679

proselyte1800

discipulize1860

society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > perform proselytization [verb (intransitive)]

proselytize1679

proselyte1800

1800 R. Hall Mod. Infidelity Considered (ed. 4) 79 They would never disturb the quiet of the world by their attempts to proselyte.

1827 J. J. Gurney in Memoir (1854) I. 334 His liberality enables him to proselyte more successfully.

1887 H. C. Lea Hist. Inquisition Middle Ages I. v. 242 To carry it out fully, they should have proselyted with the sword.

1905 H. Garland Tyranny of Dark 2 Some of the women had embraced Christian Science, but they did not esteem it necessary to proselyte.

1972 F. Fitzgerald Fire in Lake vi. 254 The priests and leading laymen..began to incite demonstrations and to proselyte within the army.

1996 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 22 June b9 A sister who was obsessed by sects and proselyted outside the church.

†2. intransitive. To become a proselyte; to undergo religious conversion. Also transitive (reflexive). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > undergo proselytization [verb (reflexive)]

proselyte1672

society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > perform proselytization [verb (intransitive)] > undergo proselytization

proselyte1672

1672 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 254 Wee reason'd long; but neither hee proselyted to mee nor I to him.

a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. xi. 244 Though many proselyted, yet remains there a part, who would never be recovered to that Church.

1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 254 The Arian Court-Mongring Bishops persuaded the Emperor Constantius to Proselyte him into their Arian Heterodoxy.

Derivatives

ˈproselyted adj. converted.

ΚΠ

1645 J. Lightfoot Comm. Acts 99 Proselyted Greeks (which some thinke Hellenistae meanes) are expressely called Hellens.

1690 Banish'd Duke iv. 12 Farewel, Fare-ill, Impostor, I'll be gone; Of Proselited Papists I'll be none.

a1730 J. Danforth in Proc. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1969) 154 Mines that for Proselyted Rebels, lie Within the Treasury Of Grace Ador'd.

a1788 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Poet. Wks. (1868) X. xxiv. 373 The proselyted world confess'd The joyful tidings true.

1869 L. Bill Winter in Florida (ed. 2) xi. 152 The proselyted savage, still plumed and decked in his wild costume.

1890 Amer. Anthropologist 3 380 Unlike most of its class, the story is told from the standpoint of the proselyted Slavs.

1951 Iowa City Press Citizen 17 Dec. 7/3 We were also the most proselyted football team in history.

1999 Re: True Salvation Assurance in alt.religion.w-w-church-god (Usenet newsgroup) 21 Dec. This is the normal procedure for a 'proselyted' Gentile.

ˈproselyter n. a person who makes, or seeks to make, proselytes.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [noun] > attempting conversion to > person engaged in

proselyter1689

society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > [noun] > one who performs

proselyter1689

proselytizer1828

proselytist1831

1689 J. Collier Vindiciae Juris Regii 35 For Rigour is usually very unfortunate both to the Proselyter, and Proselyted.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 366 An eager proselyter and intolerant.

1890 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 3 409 Making his way to Savoy, he was kindly received by a Catholic priest who was an active proselyter.

1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xi. 229 He was no proselyter, missionary.

1984 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Jrnl. 27 July b4/3 Proselyters receive a batch of bronze-colored stickers for audience members.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	proselyte
释义	proselyten.adj. Brit. /ˈprɒsᵻlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈprɑsəˌlaɪt/ Forms: Middle English procelyt, Middle English procelyte, Middle English–1600s prosilite, Middle English–1700s proselit, Middle English–1700s proselite, Middle English– proselyte, 1600s pros'lit (poetic), 1600s prosolite, 1600s prosylite, 1700s prosilyte; Scottish pre-1700 preselyte, pre-1700 proselit, pre-1700 proselyt, pre-1700 1700s– proselyte. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French proselite; Latin proselytus. Etymology: < Middle French proselite, proselyte (French prosélyte ) convert to Judaism (13th cent. in Old French; in modern French also new convert to a religion (1611), foreigner converted to the customs of a country (1611), convert to a point of view, etc. (18th cent.)) and its etymon post-classical Latin proselytus (feminine proselyta ) Gentile convert to Judaism (Vetus Latina, Vulgate) < Hellenistic Greek προσήλυτος person who has come to a place, stranger, sojourner, convert to Judaism < ancient Greek προσηλυθ- , aorist stem of προσέρχεσθαι to come to, approach ( < προς to (see prosody n.) + ἔρχεσθαι to come, of uncertain origin) + -τος, suffix forming verbal adjectives. A. n. 1. A Gentile who has converted to Judaism. proselyte of righteousness n. historical a Gentile convert who submits to all the ordinances of Judaic law. proselyte of the covenant n. historical = proselyte of righteousness n. proselyte of the gate n. historical a Gentile convert who does not submit to all the ordinances of Judaic law, esp. circumcision, and hence is not regarded as a full member of the Jewish faith. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Judaism > [noun] > person > convert proselytec1384 proselytess1621 proselyte of the covenant1703 proselyte of the gate1879 society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > [noun] > one who undergoes proselytec1384 proselytess1879 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds ii. 10 Jewis, and proselitis [L. proselyti], men of Crete and Arabye. a1425 (c1384) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Ezek. xiv. 7 For a man, a man of the hous of Israel, and of proselitis [L. proselytis], or men new comen to the lawe of Jewis..if he shal be alienyd fro me and shal putte..ydolis in his herte..I, the Lord, shal answere to hym bi my silf. a1500 Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl. 149) (1974) 54 (MED) We be sones of the Jewes and no proselytes. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 879 They were Proselites which were Gentiles borne, and embraced the Jewish Profession. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 8 The Translation of Aquila a Proselite, that is, one that had turned Iew. 1675 L. Addison Present State Jews 65 Baptism is a constant initiatory of the Proselyte. 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Acts x. 2 Proselytes of the Covenant. That is, such Gentiles as submitted themselves to..the whole Mosaical pædagogy. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 454 The painful and even dangerous rite of circumcision, was alone capable of repelling a willing proselyte from the door of the synagogue. 1831 E. Burton Lect. Eccl. Hist. i. iv. 111 The proselytes of righteousness, i.e. Gentiles, who adopted circumcision and every other ordinance of the Mosaic Law. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. ii. viii. 139 One who was only a ‘proselyte of the gate’, one who held back from the seal of the covenant made to Abraham, would not be regarded as a full Christian any more than he would be regarded as a full Jew. 1986 N. de Lange Judaism i. 10 Whereas born Jews bear their father's name..proselytes have the patronymic ‘son/daughter of Abraham our father’. 1991 A. Unterman Dict. Jewish Lore & Legend 160/2 Conversion should be refused on the first three occasions, but then the proselyte should be accepted. 1997 Oxf. Dict. Jewish Relig. 550/1 The half proselyte..(the proselyte of the gate [cf. Ex. 20.10]), undertook in the presence of three haverim (scholars) to observe some of the basic principles (but not the ceremonies) of Judaism. 2005 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 12 June 13 Like birth the conversion process is irreversible. Even if after conversion the proselyte deviates from the religion he or she remains a Jew. 2. gen. A person who has changed from one opinion, religion, party, etc., to another; a convert. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > [noun] > one who has undergone proselytec1384 converse1388 convert1561 convertitec1592 convertist1611 missionary1834 mihanere1840 vert1864 proselytess1879 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxiii. 15 Woo to ȝou, scribis and Pharisees, ypocritis, that cumpasen the se and the lond, that ȝee maken o proselite [a1425 L.V. prosilite; L. proselytum; 1535 Coverdale proselyte] that is, a conuertid to ȝoure ordre. a1500 Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl. 149) (1974) 53 (MED) Ther was non that seyde so but only suche as wer of hys dyssyples and procelytes [Fr. proselite], born yn fornycacyoun. c1540 Image Ipocrysy ii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 423 Of these neophites, And pevishe proselites, Springe vpp ipocrites. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 108 Would she begin a Sect, might..make Proselytes Of who she but bid follow. View more context for this quotation 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 27 The Portugall has preacht Christ, but have few Proselites. 1640 T. Carew Poems 166 Both rendred Hymen's pros'lits by thy Muse. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 117 They..obtain'd Proselytes of weak uninform'd Ladies. 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 492 These difficulties procured the theory of Boerhaave a great number of proselytes. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV IV. 67 Pelisson..busied himself with renegado zeal in buying proselytes to the faith of the court. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. 16 The Danes were the pupils and proselytes of the English. 1904 J. Conrad Nostromo ii. v. 162 Father Corbelàn..had wandered clothed in skins, seeking for proselytes. 1991 SunWorld Dec. 30/2 Many computer products and entities have advocates, proselytes, and acolytes, but perhaps none has enthusiasts as devoted as the believers in Unix. 2003 A. Sparks Beyond Miracle x. 211 Soros call such proselytes ‘capitalist fundamentalists’ and says they are a threat to his vision of an open society. B. adj. Of or relating to (esp. religious) conversion; (of a person) converted from one opinion, religion, or party to another, esp. from a Gentile faith to Judaism. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > [adjective] > converted convert1622 proselyte1625 converted1640 convicted1822 1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron iv. v. 193 The moderne Iewes doe transferre the fault vpon certaine proselyte Egyptians who came forth with them. 1646 R. Baillie Anabaptism 135 The right of proselyte infants under the Law to the Covenant and the Sacrament which then did seal it. 1690 Banish'd Duke Dram. Pers. Formosa Catholica, a Proselite Popish Nymph. 1826 J. Gilchrist Lect. 33 It is certain that Proselyte Baptism existed among the Jews at and previously to the time of John the Baptist. 1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 113 How would the effect of this great revolution be described to the proselyte Gentiles? 1994 Hispanic Outlook Higher Educ. (Nexis) 31 Aug. 30 ‘In dealing with proselyte Jews,’ says Art Bernstein, ‘it needs to be a process not of taking something away from them, but of giving them something.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). proselytev. Brit. /ˈprɒsᵻlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈprɑsəˌlaɪt/ Forms: see proselyte n. and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: proselyte n. Etymology: < proselyte n. Compare proselytize v. 1. Now chiefly U.S. a. transitive. To make, or seek to make, a proselyte of; to convert, or attempt to convert, from one opinion, religion, party, etc., to another; to proselytize. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > acknowledge belief [verb (transitive)] > attempt conversion proselyte1624 proselytize1796 society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > perform proselytization [verb (transitive)] proselyte1624 proselytize1796 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? To Rdr. I then deliuered vnto my neighbour, the partie that should haue been proselyted. 1680 Visor pluckt off R. Thompson 2 In less than two years he proselyted many Anabaptists and Quakers. 1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. i. iii. 57 Thus Sichem..was the first Place proselyted to the Gospel. a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. x. 133 In whose name they were to baptize and proselyte all nations. 1747 J. Wesley Let. 11 June (1931) II. 289 It is not our care, endeavour, or desire to proselyte any from one..congregation or society, to another. 1831 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 45 409 [He] endeavoured to proselyte them to his own miserable state of unbelief. 1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 454/1 I don't proselyte my neighbors, because I believe in individual liberty. 1930 C. Ward Dutch & Swedes on Delaware 117 Although he had not yet got around to proselyting the Indians..the energy of this man-mountain had been effectively utilized. 2001 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 23 Feb. 1 e Not all Christians feel comfortable evangelizing or being evangelized, and people of other faiths often find being proselyted distasteful. b. intransitive. To make, or seek to make, proselytes or religious converts; to proselytize. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > hold faith [verb (intransitive)] > attempt conversion proselytize1679 proselyte1800 discipulize1860 society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > perform proselytization [verb (intransitive)] proselytize1679 proselyte1800 1800 R. Hall Mod. Infidelity Considered (ed. 4) 79 They would never disturb the quiet of the world by their attempts to proselyte. 1827 J. J. Gurney in Memoir (1854) I. 334 His liberality enables him to proselyte more successfully. 1887 H. C. Lea Hist. Inquisition Middle Ages I. v. 242 To carry it out fully, they should have proselyted with the sword. 1905 H. Garland Tyranny of Dark 2 Some of the women had embraced Christian Science, but they did not esteem it necessary to proselyte. 1972 F. Fitzgerald Fire in Lake vi. 254 The priests and leading laymen..began to incite demonstrations and to proselyte within the army. 1996 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 22 June b9 A sister who was obsessed by sects and proselyted outside the church. †2. intransitive. To become a proselyte; to undergo religious conversion. Also transitive (reflexive). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > undergo proselytization [verb (reflexive)] proselyte1672 society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > perform proselytization [verb (intransitive)] > undergo proselytization proselyte1672 1672 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 254 Wee reason'd long; but neither hee proselyted to mee nor I to him. a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. xi. 244 Though many proselyted, yet remains there a part, who would never be recovered to that Church. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 254 The Arian Court-Mongring Bishops persuaded the Emperor Constantius to Proselyte him into their Arian Heterodoxy. Derivatives ˈproselyted adj. converted. ΚΠ 1645 J. Lightfoot Comm. Acts 99 Proselyted Greeks (which some thinke Hellenistae meanes) are expressely called Hellens. 1690 Banish'd Duke iv. 12 Farewel, Fare-ill, Impostor, I'll be gone; Of Proselited Papists I'll be none. a1730 J. Danforth in Proc. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1969) 154 Mines that for Proselyted Rebels, lie Within the Treasury Of Grace Ador'd. a1788 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Poet. Wks. (1868) X. xxiv. 373 The proselyted world confess'd The joyful tidings true. 1869 L. Bill Winter in Florida (ed. 2) xi. 152 The proselyted savage, still plumed and decked in his wild costume. 1890 Amer. Anthropologist 3 380 Unlike most of its class, the story is told from the standpoint of the proselyted Slavs. 1951 Iowa City Press Citizen 17 Dec. 7/3 We were also the most proselyted football team in history. 1999 Re: True Salvation Assurance in alt.religion.w-w-church-god (Usenet newsgroup) 21 Dec. This is the normal procedure for a 'proselyted' Gentile. ˈproselyter n. a person who makes, or seeks to make, proselytes. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [noun] > attempting conversion to > person engaged in proselyter1689 society > faith > worship > preaching > proselytization > [noun] > one who performs proselyter1689 proselytizer1828 proselytist1831 1689 J. Collier Vindiciae Juris Regii 35 For Rigour is usually very unfortunate both to the Proselyter, and Proselyted. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 366 An eager proselyter and intolerant. 1890 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 3 409 Making his way to Savoy, he was kindly received by a Catholic priest who was an active proselyter. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xi. 229 He was no proselyter, missionary. 1984 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Jrnl. 27 July b4/3 Proselyters receive a batch of bronze-colored stickers for audience members. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1384v.1624
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