ZEALOTRY

fanaticism, fanatism, zealotry

(noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

zealotry (countable and uncountable, plural zealotries)

Something characteristic of a zealot; excessive zeal; fanaticism.

Source: Wiktionary


Zeal"ot*ry, n.

Definition: The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause. Enthusiasm, visionariness, seems the tendency of the German; zeal, zealotry, of the English; fanaticism, of the French. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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BEATIFY

(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”


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