zealoticalhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zealotical_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezealotical, adj.
Revised 2018

zealoticaladjective

Now rare.
  1. 1630–
    Resembling a zealot; characterized by (excessive) zeal; typical or characteristic of a zealot or zealots. Cf. zealotic adj. 1.
    1. 1630
      One Leviston a zeloticall Scottishman.
      J. Mead, Letter 27 November (BL MS Harl. 390) f. 522
    2. a1638
      The zelotical Anti-chiliasts.
      J. Mede, Paraphr. 2 Peter iii. in Works (1672) iii. 611
    3. 1694
      Dr. Marshal Dean of Christ's-Church, a most furious and zelotical Man.
      J. Strype, Memorials of Thomas Cranmer iii. xix. 373
    4. 1723
      St. Stephen was not put to death by any Legal Process, but stoned in a Zelotical fury.
      H. Lambe, Christian Zeal Display'd 7
    5. 1893
      That Congress should have yielded to a species of zealotical bulldozing in this matter of Sunday opening is greatly to be regretted.
      Boston Daily Globe 19 May 4/1
    6. 2004
      By 1911, the old rift between the Radicals and the more hot-headed, zealotical military clique became more marked.
      A. Shakoor, Origins Modern Europe xii. 365

Originally published as part of the entry for zealotic, adj.

zealotical, adj. was revised in June 2018.

zealotical, adj. was last modified in July 2023.