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# zealot

«zealot» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who is too strong and fierce in their beliefs…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a zealot, zealots)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A zealot is a person who is too strong and fierce in their beliefs, especially in religion or politics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealot/#m1)

2) (Bible, history) The Zealots were a group of Jewish people in the time of Jesus who fought against Roman rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealot/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and church lessons, the Zealots opposed the Romans; one of Jesus's disciples was called Simon the Zealot. In news, a zealot is someone extreme. Phrases: a religious zealot, Simon the Zealot.

### examples

- The zealot shouted at everyone who disagreed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealot/#x1)
- Simon the Zealot was one of Jesus's twelve apostles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealot/#x2)
- Zealots can be dangerous when they refuse to listen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealot/#x3)
- He is a zealot about tidiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealot/#x4)
- The Zealots fought against Rome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealot/#x5)
- Don't be a zealot; listen to others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealot/#x6)

### note

Countable. Noun: zeal (strong enthusiasm); adjective: zealous. Pronounced ZEL-ut.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «zealot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zealot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.