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Look up: proselyte

  1. proselyte
    [n] - a new convert
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. proselyte
    Convert to a religion; in particular, to Judaism. The religions keenest to make converts are Christianity (see mission) and Islam. In the early years of the Roman Empire, many Roman citizens of high...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Proselyte
    Pros'e·lyte noun [ Middle English proselite , Old French proselite , French proselytus , Greek ..., adj., that has come, noun , a new comer, especially, one who has come over from heathenism to the Jewish religion; ... toward, to + (...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/178

  4. Proselyte
    Pros'e·lyte transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Proselyted ; present participle & verbal noun Proselyting .] To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over. Dr. H. More.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/178

  5. proselyte
    noun a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Proselyte
    • (n.) A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte. • (v. t.) To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. proselyte
    (from the article `Peter the Apostle, Saint`) ...(Acts 10:1), Peter introduced Gentiles into the church. According to Jewish requirements, a Gentile convert must first become a Jew through the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/122

  8. Proselyte
    The biblical term `"Proselyte"`, derives from the Koine Greek προσήλυτος/proselytos, as used in the Septuagint for "stranger", i.e. a "newcomer to 22:21-->--> and in the New Testament for a convert to Judaism from Paganism. It is a tr...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proselyte

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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