Usage examples for zealot:

• When the Prophet got down on his knees, Starr was silent; it looked as if this zealot intended to offer prayer- and the bank examiner did not care to earn the reputation of being a disturber of a religious gathering. "When Egypt Went Broke" – Holman Day

• " And when I catch sight of his lordship," added the amiable zealot I'll astonish him. "A Poached Peerage" – William Magnay

• Tall High- priest, with zealot fires Blazing in those eyeballs old, Swathes him, as his rank requires, Head to foot, in linen fold. "Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse" – Richard Doddridge Blackmore