proselyte: [14] A proselyte is etymologically someone who ‘comes to’ a new religion. The word comes via Latin prosēlytus from Greek proséluthos ‘person who comes to a place’, a derivative of the verb prosérkhesthai ‘come to, approach’.
proselyte (n.)
late 14c., from Old French proselite (13c., Modern French prosélyte), from Late Latin proselytus, from Greek proselytos "convert (to Judaism), stranger, one who has come over," noun use of adjective meaning "having arrived," from second aorist stem of proserkhesthai "to come or go; surrender; associate with," from proti "toward" + root of eleusesthai "to be going to come," from PIE *elu-to-, from root *leudh- "to go." Originally in English "a Gentile converted to Judaism" (late 14c.).
双语例句
1. I am very cuious about why you come to Taiwan to proselyte.
我很好奇你们为什麽来台湾传教.
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2. The governments of some countries forbid us to proselyte.
有些国家的政府禁止我们传教.
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3. The General Authorities are in the process of negotiating with governments, hoping we can proselyte.
