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• The zealots glowed with religious fervor.From the entry glow
• They called themselves zealots, as they were “zealoters” . . .2019, Donatella Marazziti, Stephen M. Stahl, Evil, Terrorism & Psychiatry, page 2. From the entry zealoter
• The zealots paraded prognostic placards proclaiming chattels like “He Protecc, He Attacc, He’s Eric Black.”2018 March 6, W.F. Whence, “Hacks, pensioners exultant in 41-22 quashing of fanboys”, in The Daily Orange, page 9, column 2. From the entry protecc
• North Korea is not a theocracy led by zealots who preach the rewards of the afterlife.2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay cool. Call North Korea's bluff.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry unfathomable
• But like all zealots, Jindal is oblivious to how nonzealots see him.2009 March 1, Frank Rich, “The Ecstasy and the Agony”, in New York Times. From the entry nonzealot
• We’ll have to prod our snoozing pewmates when to sit and stand; they’ll have to rein in their zealots.2007 July 29, Lawrence Downes, “The Pope Reopens a Portal to Eternity, via the 1950s”, in New York Times. From the entry pewmate
• The spirit seemed to blow where it listed among a historically motley collection of Catholic theologians, Puritan zealots and American squires.1994, John [Wyon] Burrow, The Historian: The Magazine for Members of the Historical Association, London: The Historical Association…. From the entry list
• How to begin such warfare against sovereign religion in times ruled by the very zealots against whom one must fight?1993, Laurence Lampert, Nietzsche and Modern Times: A Study of Bacon, Descartes, and Nietzsche, →ISBN, page 68. From the entry acroamatic
• Not every right-wing judge is as blatantly ideological in their decision making as Kacsmaryk, nor is every Republican appointee a Trumpist zealot.2024 [2023 December 5], Adam Serwer, “A MAGA Judiciary”, in The Atlantic, volume 333, number 1, →ISSN, page 41. From the entry Trumpist
• Or is it possible that tropicalism is not a geographical zone, but rather a zone of the spirit, the zone of highest passion, the immense homeland of zealots?1993, Gabriela Mistral, Marjorie Agosin, A Gabriela Mistral. From the entry tropicalism
• The new Thelema is likely to be thronged with zealots, in whom the “Thou shalt not” of Sinai has long been superseded by the hecatologue of Fashion.1906 April 7, “Those ‘Confounded Fantasies’”, in The Evening Standard and St. James’s Gazette, number 25,520, London, →OCLC, page 3…. From the entry hecatologue
• Thus far, fortunately, it has not been made a subject either for a propagandum or for quackery; but the subject has great potentialities for zealots as well as for charlatans.1907, Mississippi Valley Medical Monthly, volume 27, page 143. From the entry propagandum

Meaning of zealot

1. noun One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for their own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.
2. noun 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.
3. noun A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.

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How do you use zealot in a sentence?

Zealot is used as a noun. For example: “The zealots glowed with religious fervor.”

What is a short sentence with zealot?

“The zealots glowed with religious fervor.”

What does zealot mean?

Zealot means one who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for their own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.