Proselyte (noun)
pros-u-lye-t
A person who has converted from one opinion, religion, or party to another.
Late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek prosēluthos ‘stranger, convert’, from prosēluth-, past stem of proserkhesthai ‘approach’.
Example sentences
“Our churches are full of proselytes and that’s just perfect.”
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