convertite

[ kon-ver-tahyt ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a convert.
2. a reformed prostitute.

convertite

/ ˈkɒnvəˌtaɪt /

noun

1. archaic.
   a convert, esp a reformed prostitute

Word History and Origins

Origin of convertite¹

First recorded in 1555–65; convert ¹ + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

A little further down the Corso, on the left, the Via delle Convertite leads to S. Sylvestro in Capite, one of three churches in Rome dedicated to the sainted pope of the time of Constantine.

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She has very recently lost her husband, who was merely a brilliant nobleman, and she herself a Convertite; in a few days the modest Alton is hinting at a declaration to her.

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Lastly, we have “Two Years Ago,” whose great Convertite is Tom Thumal.

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The Kingsley Hypatia is not altogether, but is very nearly a Convertite; so nearly that he would certainly have made her altogether one, had not the bouts rime’s been too well known for alteration.

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But the great Convertite of this romance is the pupil already mentioned, the renegade Jew, Raphael Ben Ezra.

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