Sentence examples for proselyte from inspiring English sources
The word "proselyte" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe someone who has been converted to another religion, belief, or opinion. Example sentence: The missionary was successful in bringing many new proselytes to his faith.
In the ensuing controversy, Leonhard Euler came to the support of Maupertuis, but Voltaire, once his proselyte, satirized the "earth flattener" so mercilessly that Maupertuis left Berlin in 1753.
The first Jewish proselyte mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles was a governmental administrator from Ethiopia, who was baptized by the apostle Philip.
According to Jewish requirements, a Gentile convert must first become a Jew through the rite of circumcision and be acceptable as a proselyte.
The eagerness of the Pharisees to win converts is attested in The Gospel According to Matthew (23:15), which states that the Pharisees would "traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte".
But, after a few months, the monkey gets used to New Banana, and by the end of the year he has become a vigorous proselyte, extolling the energetic, spiritual, and colonic properties of New Banana, while disparaging the musty tropical reek of traditional bananas.
His longtime friend and publisher Dominique Bourgois recalled that what was unique about him was not that he always carried a book in his pocket, which was normal for a director, but that he was passionate about his discoveries and wanted to share them and talk about them; he was "a proselyte," she said.
That he was essentially in the mainstream of Judaism, however, is indicated by his respect for the literal interpretation of the Bible, his denunciation of the extreme allegorists, and his failure to mention any specific rites of initiation for proselytes, as well as the lack of evidence that he was himself a devotee of a particular mystery cult.
The original structure, later replaced, was built by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka (died c. 238 bce), one of Buddhism's most important proselytes, to commemorate the Buddha's enlightenment.
Proselytes (converts) to Judaism, though not constituting a class, became increasingly numerous in Palestine and especially in the Diaspora (the Jews living beyond Palestine).
After a year's probation, proselytes received their Essenian emblems but could not participate in common meals for two more years.
Such numbers represent a considerable increase from previous eras and must have included large numbers of proselytes.
