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Pronunciation: [pɹˈɒsla͡ɪts] (IPA)

Proselytes are individuals who convert to a new religion or belief system. There are several synonyms for the term proselytes, including converts, adherents, followers, disciples, and initiates. The term converts is used to describe individuals who were previously members of a different religion or belief system. Adherents refer to people who follow a particular religion or belief system, while followers describe individuals who support or endorse a specific leader or idea. Disciples are individuals who devote themselves to a particular teacher or philosophy, while initiates are new members who have just joined a particular group or organization. Whether one is a convert, adherent, follower, disciple or initiate, these descriptions all denote someone who has recently adopted a new belief system or religion.
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The honest village logicians could make no stand against him, especially as he was seconded by his proselytes; when, to their great joy, Master Simon and the general came drifting down into the field of action.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
But, with all her zeal, she has hitherto succeeded in making but few proselytes.
"Erlach Court"
Ossip Schubin
He had not in the slightest degree what is so often objected to, in devoted persons, namely, the love of making proselytes.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh

Famous quotes with Proselytes

  • In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
    Alexander Hamilton
  • In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
    Alexander Hamilton
  • It is the maximum of the savage; and has, in these times, gained, precisely among the greatest weaklings, very many proselytes. By this ideal, man becomes a Beast-Spirit, a Mixture; whose brutal wit has, for weaklings, a brutal power of attraction.
    Novalis
  • All religions are in their nature kind and benign, and united with principles of morality. They could not have made proselytes at first by professing anything that was vicious, cruel, persecuting, or immoral. Like everything else, they had their beginning; and they proceeded by persuasion, exhortation, and example. How then is it that they lose their native mildness, and become morose and intolerant?
    Thomas Paine

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