[1] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

zealots
   a sect of jews which originated with judas the gaulonite acts
   5:37. they refused to pay tribute to the romans, on the ground
   that this was a violation of the principle that god was the only
   king of israel. they rebelled against the romans, but were soon
   scattered, and became a lawless band of mere brigands. they were
   afterwards called sicarii, from their use of the sica, i.e., the
   roman dagger.
   

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