Definition of "proselyte"

proselyte

/ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/

noun
plural proselytes
1. One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
  Quotations
  Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Matthew 23:15
  That evening the young nun lay exhausted between life and death in a brain fever, while all Naples was ringing with the faith, beauty, and fervour of the English proselyte.
  1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], page 218
verb
third-person singular simple present proselytes, present participle proselyting, simple past and past participle proselyted
1. (transitive) To proselytize.