zeal
[ zeel ]
/ zil /
noun
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
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Origin of zeal
1350–1400; Middle English zele < Late Latin zēlus < Greek zêlos
OTHER WORDS FROM zeal
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Example sentences from the Web for zeals
These two zeals are alike in externals, but altogether unlike in internals, 363.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love|Emanuel SwedenborgYes, zeal without knowledge, I said—like most other zeals—if there were no objections that struck him at once, there were none.
Clarissa, Volume 4 (of 9)|Samuel RichardsonLacius wishes that Timon would give him and the rest an opportunity of expressing some part of their zeals.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies|Samuel Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for zeals
zeal
/ (ziːl) /
noun
fervent or enthusiastic devotion, often extreme or fanatical in nature, as to a religious movement, political cause, ideal, or aspiration
Word Origin for zeal
C14: from Late Latin zēlus, from Greek zēlos
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