Proselyte

/ˈpɹɑsəˌlaɪt/

Synonyms for "proselyte" (70 found)

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Closest matches (14)

accepter apostate apostle backslider believer bolter catechumen christian churchgoer churchite churchman collaborationist collaborator

Noun(1 words)

believer

Strong matches (21)

communicant convert convincedaily communicantdefector deserter devotee devotionalist disciple fanaticfifth columnistfollowergod-fearing mangood christianmugwump neophyte

Noun(5 words)

converso convertconvert to queryconverters converts

Related words (35)

Noun(4 words)

neophytesnew believerpersuade recruit

newcomer novice pietist quisling receiver recidivist recreant religionist renegade renegado renegate reversionist runagate saint schismatic seceder secessionist separatist strikebreaker tergiversant

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tergiversator theist traitor truster turnabout turncoat turntail votary weanwin overzealot

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries

believer change conversion convert

More specific

4 entries

baptize evangelizenew believerrecent convert

Collocations

11 entries

conversion campaignsconversion tacticsevangelical outreachnew proselyteoutreach programsproselyte communityproselyte conversionproselytical influenceproselytization effortsreligious conversionreligious proselyte

Inflections

3 entries

proselyted proselytes proselyting

Derivations

9 entries

proselyter proselytical proselytism proselytization proselytize proselytized proselytizer proselytizes proselytizing

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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The same law shall be to him that is born in the land, and to the proselyte that sojourneth with you.

Source: tatoeba (8026518)

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Source: wiktionary

That evening the young nun lay exhausted between life and death in a brain fever, while all Naples was ringing with the faith, beauty, and fervour of the English proselyte.

Source: wiktionary

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