transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈze-lət ]
noun
Etymology: Late Latin zelotes, from Greek zēlōtēs, from zēlos
Date: 1537
1. capitalized : a member of a fanatical sect arising in Judea during the first century A.D. and militantly opposing the Roman domination of Palestine
2. : a zealous person ; especially : a fanatical partisan
a religious zealot