zeal-consuminghttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zeal-consuming_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezeal-consuming, adj.
Revised 2018

† zeal-consumingadjective

Obsolete rare.
  1. 1629–1882
    Burning with zeal; that is on fire with passionate enthusiasm or fervour; cf. consuming adj. 2a.
    1. 1629
      The fyrie zeal-consuming love of Gods howse.
      A. Leighton, Appeal to Parliament 202
    2. 1882
      Nor..by apostles, confessors, zeal-consuming preachers has the iron-hearted world become melted.
      W. H. Jellie, Preacher's Comm. Jeremiah (vi. 29) 135/2

Originally published as part of the entry for zeal, n.

zeal, n. was revised in June 2018.