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Janet Kitselman also became a proselyte for the history of Waterford, helping to create educational programming at the town’s Second Street School.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2021

Mary Frank, the artist, is his friend and fellow solar-cooking proselyte.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2019

Christian Angermayer is an unlikely proselyte of psychedelia: The German financier didn’t drink so much as a sip of beer for the first three decades of his life.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 9, 2019

"I am a big believer in the potency of artistic endeavor at its highest. To proselyte through your storytelling is not good storytelling."

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2015

Zoroaster at length carried his religious system to the royal court at Susa, and made Darius a proselyte, together with most of the great men of the kingdom.

From Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, by Anonymous

Some of the recent FDE proselytes, like OpenAI and Anthropic, have raised mind-boggling sums of money on the promise of a technology powerful enough to reshape the entire economy.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026

He’s converting new proselytes to the religion of live theater day after day.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2015

Still, proselytes often find that being Paleo quickly becomes a round-the-clock duty.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2014

For new converts like Mr. Kagodo, the values of the young proselytes are as compelling as any set of religious beliefs.

From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2012

Verily, he compassed sea and land to make proselytes to the faith, of which he became such a doughty champion.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

Legislators, initiative petitions, green paint, dynamite, burglars, proselyted athletes, and a hundred other things have been used in the fight between the two schools ever since the oldest professor can remember.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Old Left organized and proselyted, playing its part in bringing about the American welfare state.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first persons proselyted by the Spanish and French missionaries were Indians.

From The History of the Negro Church by Woodson, Carter Godwin

My father's family was proselyted to the Presbyterian faith, and four of them joined that church, namely—my mother Lucy; my brothers Hyrum and Samuel Harrison; and my sister Sophronia.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

She was a Gentile, but was proselyted to the Jewish religion, believed in the teachings of Paul and was baptized with her household.

From The Woman's Bible by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

For the last two years we have endeavored to bring our proselyting activities out from under the table.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the same time, church representatives canvass likely Northern communities to check on the availability of jobs and housing and the outlook for proselyting.

From Time Magazine Archive

How can the Catholic Church best use radio as a tool in proselyting?

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile the Unitarian Association conducted its own investigation, exonerated Fritchman of using his position for "proselyting in behalf of the Communist Party cause."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Don't start proselyting to-day. To-day's going to be bad enough as it is."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway