Meaning

Characteristic of zealots, especially those that were part of rebellious movements in biblical times..

Example Sentences

Attempts have been made from time to time to prove that Jesus was the leader of an unsuccessful zelotic revolt.

The zelotic opposition to the Roman government was in reality directed against the emperor, whose personal representatives the procurators were. Some zelotic leaders claimed to have messianic importance, which made the revolutionary attitude of these people appear still more serious.

The similarities of this passage with that of the epitome from Dionysius cannot be overlooked. In characterizing the nature of the zelotic disposition, they both appeal to the process of "impregnation" by a supernatural enthusiasm, as well as the confluence of many rivulets into or from one "stream" or "current" which "irrigates" the soul of the emulator.

Cultures forced into this zelotic stand are exposed less to the demolition of their structures than to the full remolding of its contents, by what is the average of the "imaginary correct" accepted by globalization — or incompatible — to it.

There was a time when the church of Jerusalem consisted exclusively of “Hebrews”, Aramaic speaking Jews from the motherland, who were all zelotic practisants of the Law: Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of converts we have among the Jews, all of them staunch upholders of the Law." (Acts 21, 20).

Until that time, Jesus' disciples are being obliged to show patience, but are also obliged to avoid any form of falsity, especially the false humility and false ardor with a zelotic sense.

Word Forms

• more zelotic
• most zelotic

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