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  1. Zealots

    The Zealots were a political movement in 1st-century Second Temple Judaism, which sought to incite the people of Judea Province to rebel against the Roman Empire and expel it from the Holy Land by force of arms, most notably during the First Jewish–Roman War (66–70). Zealotry was the term used by Josephus for a "fourth sect" or "fourth Jewish philosophy" during this period.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Zealots in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Zealots in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Zealots in a Sentence

  1. President Barack Obama:

    Look, the point is this: my first job is to protect the American people, it is entirely legitimate for the American people to be deeply concerned when you've got a bunch of violent, vicious zealots who behead people or randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris.

  2. Tony Rothert:

    This cowardly move by the Secretary of State proves that Missouri's anti-abortion zealots understand that they're acting against the wishes of the majority, they hope to short-circuit the people's vote because they know they will lose if the people get their say.

  3. Ben Sasse:

    In just a few years, pro-abortion zealots went from safe, legal, and rare to keep the newborns comfortable while the doctor debates infanticide, i dont care what party youre from if you cant say that its wrong to leave babies to die after birth, get the hell out of public office.

  4. David Letterman:

    We're told that (the terrorists) were zealots fueled by religious fervor, and if you live to be a thousand years old, will that make any sense to you. Will that make any goddamn sense.

  5. Robert H. Jackson:

    In our country are evangelists and zealots of many different political, economic and religious persuasions whose fanatical conviction is that all thought is divinely classified into two kinds -- that which is their own and that which is false and dangerous.

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    (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
    A jejune
    B repugnant
    C askant
    D dicotyledonous

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