n. [ F. zélote, L. zelotes, Gr. &unr_;. See Zeal. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Zealots for the one [ tradition ] were in hostile array against zealots for the other. Sir J. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]
In Ayrshire, Clydesdale, Nithisdale, Annandale, every parish was visited by these turbulent zealots. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous. [ R. ] Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A zealot. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]