(n) a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans
‖n. [ L., a kind of grain, fr. Gr. ze`a, zeia`; cf. Skr. yava barley. ] (Bot.) A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (Zea Mays) is the only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained. See Maize. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. zèle; cf. Pg. & It. zelo, Sp. zelo, celo; from L. zelus, Gr. &unr_;, probably akin to &unr_; to boil. Cf. Yeast, Jealous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor. “Ambition varnished o'er with zeal.” Milton. “Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.” Dryden. “Zeal's never-dying fire.” Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. Rom. x. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. zélote, L. zelotes, Gr. &unr_;. See Zeal. ] One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan. [ 1913 Webster ]
Zealots for the one [ tradition ] were in hostile array against zealots for the other. Sir J. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]
In Ayrshire, Clydesdale, Nithisdale, Annandale, every parish was visited by these turbulent zealots. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
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