Middle English Dictionary Entry
Zēlōt(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Zēlōt(e n. Also zelotes, zelotis. |
| Etymology | L zēlōtes, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A member of a Jewish party of revolutionaries;—used as epithet.
Associated quotations
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 6.15 : He…chees twelue of hem, whiche he clepide…Petre and Andrew…Alphei, and Symound that is clepid Zelotis, [etc.].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 1.13 : Thei wenten vp into the hiȝere thingis, where thei dwelten, Petre and John…Symound Zelotes, and Judas of James.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21165 : [S]ymon zelote [Frf: zelot] & chananeu Al was a nam he luued tru.