Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Christian gospel.
- noun An evangelist.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The gospel, or one of the Gospels.
- noun Good tidings.
- noun A messenger or bearer of good tidings; an evangelist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
Christian gospel - noun An
evangelist
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It seems to me that certain evangel-nazi leaders want to spread their version of ‘christianity’ by controlling government executive functions, legislative actions and judicial interpretations.
Think Progress » The Right’s New Strategy: Anti-Alito = Anti-God 2005
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This closely corresponds to the Christian term, which, as derived from the Greek, reads "evangel" and in its Saxon equivalent "gospel" or "good tidings."
The Buddha A Drama in Five Acts and Four Interludes Paul Carus 1885
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We need to be evangelicals in the sense of making the "evangel" the centre and boundary of our theology.
Euangelion 2010
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In biblical times the word root "evangel" meant announcing a change of regime.
RVABlogs 2009
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Because I am an evangelical Christian and the root of the word "evangelical" is found in the opening statement of Jesus in Luke 4, where Christ says he has come to bring "good news the 'evangel' to the poor."
Jim Wallis: 10 Reasons Why I'm Fasting For A Better Budget Jim Wallis 2011
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Because I am an evangelical Christian and the root of the word "evangelical" is found in the opening statement of Jesus in Luke 4, where Christ says he has come to bring "good news the 'evangel' to the poor."
Jim Wallis: 10 Reasons Why I'm Fasting For A Better Budget Jim Wallis 2011
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He was an evangel for photography, insisting that it be recognized as an art, and so he crowed that "The Metropolitan Museum has opened its sacred halls to Photography" when the museum accepted his gift of 22 photographs in 1928.
Swimming Pool, Stieglitz and Color William Meyers 2011
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They see him "an evangel of nonsense ... an agent of Moscow."
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Hollywood -- and Earl Warren -- Hit Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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And I have chosen you, Mr. Beale, to preach this evangel.
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Because I am an evangelical Christian and the root of the word "evangelical" is found in the opening statement of Jesus in Luke 4, where Christ says he has come to bring "good news the 'evangel' to the poor."
Jim Wallis: 10 Reasons Why I'm Fasting For A Better Budget Jim Wallis 2011
hernesheir commented on the word evangel
(n): 1. good news, especially that of the gospel;
2. an evangelist
January 11, 2009