zealous
Speech parts
1. zealous - Adjective
2. zealous - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object.
Filled with religious zeal.
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Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat anyone unjustly. Be oppressed, rather than be an oppressor. Be gentle rather than zealous. Lay hold of goodness, rather than justice.
Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.
...my sister...was an interested and zealous invalid during sixty-five years, tried all the new diseases as fast as they came out, and always enjoyed the newest one more than any that went before; my brother had accumulated forty-two brands of Christianity before he was called away.
over zealous in the feat And stumbling on a peril unaware. Was captive, "trammelled in his proper snare," They phrase it, "taken by his own intrigue"
None know how to prize the Saviour, but such as are zealous in pious works for others.
It is commonly said that no man was ever converted by argument, but there is a single one which will make any Laodicean in England, let him be once love-sick, wear prayer-books and become a zealous Episcopalian – the argument that his sweetheart can be seen from his pew.