zealous

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In addition to his witness to the faith under persecution which encouraged the young to persevere, Fr Jia was known as a zealous and devout pastoral priest.

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  1. adjective Filled with or motivated by zeal; fervent.

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  • Yet in this work he can find no words sufficiently strong to praise what he calls the zealous freedom and Christian earnestness of one of the most offensive canters that the whole range of fiction presents. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of James Fenimore Cooper by Thomas R. Lounsbury
  • In addition to his witness to the faith under persecution which encouraged the young to persevere, Fr Jia was known as a zealous and devout pastoral priest. —  The hermeneutic of continuity
  • Satie and Sabin seem over-zealous, but even sitting in the audience, it takes a long time to accept just how vile they are. —  TrekToday
  • Job Description Candidate must be live wire, zealous, and go-getter. —  RO.RSS
  • I blame this on my over-zealous, hyperactive, espresso drinking (at least three shots) persona.
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ardent ·  loyal ·  diligent ·  disinterested ·  devout ·  courageous ·  energetic ·  able ·  fervent ·  strenuous ·  enlighten ·  indefatigable
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  1. from L. Middle Latin zelosus, full of zeal, from zelus, zeal: see zeal. Cf. jealous, an older form of the same word.
 

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