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ˈZionist
Also Sion-.
1. [f. Zionism.] A supporter of Zionism; also attrib. or as adj.
1896Jewish Chron. 17 Jan. 12/2 The emigration and Zionist societies. Ibid. 28 Aug. 6/1 Many of those who worship the national ideal are Zionists; not all though, nor do all Zionists share the national idea. 1906Times 29 Oct. 10/5 The Zionist Congress, which is the nearest approach to a Jewish Parliament, permitting women deputies equally with men. 1906Q. Rev. Oct. 589 The Sionists, who are a small minority of the Jews. 1923Jewish Chron. 19 Jan. 5/1 It will be seen from this how far right the Zionist leaders, Dr. Weizmann and Mr. Sokolow in particular, were in the estimate they put upon that Statement. 1940E. Gill Autobiogr. vii. 252 The agricultural, arboricultural and horticultural work of the young Zionist colonies..superb in itself and of great educational benefit to the Arabs. 1955Times 9 May 9/3 The private sector—politically represented in the main by the General Zionists. 1966C. Potok Chosen (1967) xiii. 213 He had become involved in Zionist activities and was always attending meetings where he spoke about the importance of Palestine as a Jewish homeland. 1977Time 30 May 10/2 Begin..joined the youth organization of the Zionist-Revisionists, a group of right wing militants who condemned the regular Zionist leadership as misguided and soft.
2. A member of any of a group of independent churches in southern Africa similar to pentecostal churches but containing distinctive African elements of worship and belief. [Named after the first such church, the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion, brought from Chicago to S. Africa in 1904.]
1948B. G. M. Sundkler Bantu Prophets in S. Africa ii. 55 Theologically the Zionists are now a syncretistic Bantu movement with healing, speaking with tongues, purification rites, and taboos as the main expressions of their faith. 1956H. Bloom Episode xvii. 318 Among the crowd were a number of Sunday pilgrims, location Zionists of various sects. 1970Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. II. 55/1 Most ‘Zionists’ have a characteristic form of dress, worn to all services by all members: long dresses and capes, mostly white, decorated with coloured figures (stars, crosses, rings, angels, etc.), veils for women and special forms of headdress for men. Ibid., The ‘Zionist’ phase has led to extensive proliferation of small groups. 1977Time 27 June 18/3 Some aspects of the old Soweto still exist: the neatly kept gardens of middle-class black homes;..the Zionists, an Africanized Christian sect, famous for their daylong religious dances that begin at prayer services in backyard tents on Saturday nights. |