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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Proselit, -yt(e, n. Also: preselyte. [ME and e.m.E. proselite, -ilite (Wyclif), thereafter not recorded till 1535, late L. prosēlytus, one who has come to a place, also a convert to Judaism, f. the Gk. Cf. F. prosélyte, OF proselite (13th c. in Littré).] a. A Gentile convert to the Jewish religion. b. A convert from one belief to another. c. attrib. — a1400 Leg. S. xiv 12.
That he a proselyt mad was & knew lettris of Hebrew Ib. xxxvi 1060.
He is proselit; That is til vndirstand, thu treu, Of a payane cumyne a Iow — 1646 Hamilton P. (Camden Soc.) 124.
The Independents must be converted to a complyance with monarchy … I shall be one of the last that belieue them to be reall preselytes — 1646 Baillie Anabaptism (1647) 135.
The right of proselyte infants under the Law to the Covenant