[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

zealous \zeal"ous\ ?; 277, a. ll. zelosus. see zeal.
   1913 webster
   1. filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or
      ardent, in behalf of an object.
      1913 webster

            he may be zealous in the salvation of souls. --law.
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   2. filled with religious zeal. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster -- zeal"ously, adv. -- zeal"ousness,
      n.
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see also:
zeal zeal"ously zeal"ousness 

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