zealotry

[ zel-uh-tree ]
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noun
  1. undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism.

Origin of zealotry

1
First recorded in 1650–60; zealot + -ry

Words Nearby zealotry

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How to use zealotry in a sentence

  • Religious fervor and political zealotry, in those stormy times, always accompanied each other.

  • To such shocking conspiracies against common sense and decency does ecclesiastical zealotry bring even good men like Lamennais.

  • He snorted aloud with zealotry and the lust for intellectual battle.

    Essays of Travel | Robert Louis Stevenson
  • It often unites the self-sacrificing zealotry of religious fanaticism with the recklessness of the gambling table.

    A Leap in the Dark | A.V. Dicey
  • This faction was as blind in its zealotry in favor of Johnston, as in its prejudice against Davis.

    The Life of Jefferson Davis | Frank H. Alfriend

British Dictionary definitions for zealotry

zealotry

/ (ˈzɛlətrɪ) /


noun
  1. extreme or excessive zeal or devotion

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