proselytizer

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Noun
  • Italian Jesuit missionary Felipe Salvador Gilij, who lived along the Orinoco River in Venezuela in the mid-18th century, is considered the first to document Indigenous leaf-wrapping practices.
    Sophia Rey, JSTOR Daily, 28 May 2026
  • Citizens turned away Already, two American doctors working as Christian missionaries in the DRC have been sent elsewhere for care.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • This idea was the work of the apostles and prophets of the New Apostolic Reformation, a charismatic movement that began gathering momentum in the 1990s and is now the leading edge of the Christian right.
    Stephanie McCrummen, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Last month, senior Moscow officials attended the inauguration of a war memorial complex in Pyongyang, where soldiers fighting for Russia were honored and a message from Putin was read aloud.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 5 June 2026
  • Four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Consequently, there was no hidden trove of economic liberty that Lynn’s acolytes could unlock with more determined regulation.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
  • Or would the attendees be acolytes hungry for an influencer’s attention?
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Ivan Juric failed, even as a Gasperini disciple, to provide continuity and struggled for credibility after his dismissals from Roma and Southampton last season.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Join this session with Nelson Ng, who has been teaching tai chi since 2014 after learning the art from Master Gene Chen, a disciple of Grandmaster Feng ZhiQiang.
    Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Its adherents promote terrorism and sabotage to incite a race war and to bring about social collapse.
    Odette Yousef, NPR, 27 May 2026
  • And most of today’s Esperanto adherents are neither naïve nor even particularly batty.
    Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 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
  • The backstory The Ritz-Carlton Maldives opening is bittersweet for followers of Kerry Hill, the late, venerated Australian architect responsible for some of the most legendary hotels in the last quarter-century (including several Aman properties and The Datai Langkawi).
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026
  • The Eternal Values promise Mierers lured followers in with discussions of enlightenment and mental clarity, often revolving around diet, exercise, celibacy, and the willingness to give up material possessions.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026
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“Proselytizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proselytizer. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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