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Zealousness

Zealous \Zeal"ous\ (?; 277), a. [LL. zelosus. See Zeal.]

  1. Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object.

    He may be zealous in the salvation of souls.
    --Law.

  2. Filled with religious zeal. [Obs.]
    --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- Zeal"ous*ly, adv. -- Zeal"ous*ness, n.

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zealousness

n. The quality of being zealous; zeal.

Usage examples of "zealousness".

It was no accident that she had won no fewer than five medals for zealousness and industry.

She had learned that zealousness in those assignments would always earn her special commendations from her superiors.

The Unitarians apparently don't hold with zealousness, piety, confession, penance, or atonement.