zealotry

  • 1Zealotry — eal ot*ry, n. The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause. [1913 Webster] Enthusiasm, visionariness, seems the tendency of the German; zeal, zealotry, of the English; fanaticism, of the French. Coleridge …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2zealotry — index resolution (decision) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3zealotry — (n.) 1650s, from ZEALOT (Cf. zealot) + RY (Cf. ry) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4Zealotry — Zealot redirects here. For other uses, see Zealot (disambiguation). Zealotry was originally a political movement in 1st century Second Temple Judaism which sought to incite the people of Iudaea Province to rebel against the Roman Empire and expel …

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  • 5zealotry — zealot ► NOUN 1) a fanatical and uncompromising follower of a religion or policy. 2) (Zealot) a member of an ancient Jewish sect aiming at a world Jewish theocracy and resisting the Romans until AD 70. DERIVATIVES zealotry noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6zealotry — noun (plural ries) Date: 1656 excess of zeal ; fanatical devotion …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7zealotry — /zel euh tree/, n. undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism. [1650 60; ZEALOT + RY] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 8zealotry — noun /ˈzɛlətri/ Something characteristic of a zealot; excessive zeal; fanaticism. See Also: zealot, zealous, zealousness …

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  • 9zealotry — Synonyms and related words: bibliolatry, bigotry, charismatic gift, charismatic movement, charismatic renewal, excessiveness, extravagance, extremeness, extremism, fanaticalness, fanaticism, fervor, frenzy, fury, gift of tongues, glossolalia,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 10zealotry — zeal·ot·ry || zɪːlÉ™trɪ n. fanaticism, extreme fanaticism, fanatic zeal …

    English contemporary dictionary