proselytizer

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Noun
  • Both Hicks and Leo grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and served as missionaries in Latin America and are fluent in Spanish.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Russia later expanded into Alaska through the fur trade, bringing Orthodox missionaries, new trade networks, and profound cultural change to Indigenous communities across the region.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The New Testament does contain positive depictions of Pharisees — Levine points to Nicodemus, who defended Jesus and helped bury him, and Gamaliel, who advocated for the apostles Peter and John.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
  • Or perhaps the President would have been satisfied enough with Peter, one of Jesus’ original twelve apostles, whom many consider to be the first Pope.
    Jane Bua, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The clinic was close to the partition, where Israeli soldiers often fired their weapons.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
  • During the hike, one of the soldiers fell into the ocean.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • In May, Jenna Lyons will bring a group of acolytes to Milan, while food writer Rebekah Peppler will lead a culinary tour of the French Riviera.
    Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026
  • Tamaki went on to open his own joint in 2018 in Tokyo, and acolytes have been raving about his creations ever since.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • The Kyle Shanahan disciple understands that a strong run game is a rookie quarterback’s best friend.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Then last June, the Nuggets snatched Wallace back from Minnesota, hiring him as their new co-general manager alongside his friend Ben Tenzer — another longtime Connelly disciple who’d been a steady hand behind the scenes in Denver’s front office since 2013.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Critics say event ‘hijacked’ by Christian nationalism Critics say Rededicate 250 is shaping up to promote Christian nationalism — whose adherents typically believe that the United States was founded as and should be a Christian nation.
    Peter Smith, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • Scientology is a religious group shrouded in privacy that has garnered attention for its celebrity adherents, including Tom Cruise and John Travolta.
    Joe Kottke, NBC news, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • His account of the violent neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party evokes antipathy: votaries of the far right have murdered immigrants and leftists, built deep links to Greek law enforcement that give greater latitude to their thuggery, and gained modest representation in the parliament.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But the fate of the votary is to require and receive a constant renewal of faith.
    Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • Last year, the Auschwitz Memorial Museum — after hearing from numerous followers about such posts — published a warning about AI Holocaust posts.
    Toby Axelrod, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
  • The 21,000-square-foot home sits on the land where actress Sharon Tate, who was eight-and-a-half months pregnant, was killed in August 1969 by followers of cult leader Charles Manson.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
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“Proselytizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proselytizer. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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