Category:Zealot

Zeal"ot, n. Etym: [f. zélote, l. zelotes, gr. Zeal.]

Defn: 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. Zealots for the one [tradition] were in hostile array against zealots For the other. Sir j. Stephen. In ayrshire, clydesdale, nithisdale, annandale, every parish was Visited by these turbulent zealots. Macaulay.