different between missionary vs zealot
missionary
English
Etymology
mission +? -ary
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m????n???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m???n(?)??/
- Hyphenation: mis?sion?ary
Noun
missionary (countable and uncountable, plural missionaries)
- One who is sent on a mission.
- A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or a creed.
- (derogatory) A religious messenger.
- (uncountable) The missionary position for sexual intercourse.
Derived terms
- antimissionary
- missionary position
Translations
Adjective
missionary (not comparable)
- Relating to a (religious) mission
Translations
See also
- missionary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Missionary (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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zealot
English
Etymology
Initially only found as Middle English zelote, an epithet of Simon the Zealot, acquiring its current senses in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Middle English derives from Latin z?l?t?s, from Ancient Greek ??????? (z?l?t?s, “emulator, zealous admirer, follower”), from ????? (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from ????? (z?ló?, “to emulate, to be jealous”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?z?l.?t/
- Hyphenation: zeal?ot
Noun
zealot (plural zealots)
- One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic
- (historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
- (historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.
Quotations
- 1892: Yet Brahmans rule Benares still, / Buddh-Gaya's ruins pit the hill, / And beef-fed zealots threaten ill / To Buddha and Kamakura. — Rudyard Kipling, Buddha at Kamakura
Synonyms
- enthusiast
- fanatic
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Laotze
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