different between devotee vs proselyte

English

Etymology

devote +? -ee

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?v??ti?/

Noun

devotee (plural devotees)

1. An ardent enthusiast or admirer.

   He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

   a devotee of classical music

2. (religion) A fanatical or zealous believer in a particular religion or god.

   devotees of Krishna

   devotees thronged the temple

3. (slang) Someone with an amputee fetish.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselutus (proselytus, “proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (pros?lutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from ???? (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -???- of ??????? (el?lutha), perfect of ??????? (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew ??? (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??s.?l?a?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??s.?l?a?t/

Noun

proselyte (plural proselytes)

1. One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
   • King James Bible, Matthew 23:15:

     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.

Translations

Verb

proselyte (third-person singular simple present proselytes, present participle proselyting, simple past and past participle proselyted)

1. (transitive) To proselytize.

Derived terms

• proselyter
• proselytic
• proselytism
• proselytize

Translations

Anagrams

• polyester, polytrees

Latin

Adjective

pros?lyte

1. vocative masculine singular of pros?lytus