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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
zealot /ˈzɛlət/

▶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.

– origin C16: via eccles. L. from Gk zēlōtēs, from zēloun ‘be jealous’, from zēlos (see zeal).

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