Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Evangelical; designed or tending to evangelize; pertaining to an evangelist or his labors: as, evangelistic methods; evangelistic efforts.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to the four evangelists; designed or fitted to evangelize; evangelical.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Pertaining to evangelism or evangelists; spreading the gospel.
  • adjective Pertaining to the Evangelical school.
  • adjective colloquial Characterised by enthusiasm and a desire to communicate belief.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause
  • adjective relating to or promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel

Etymologies

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From evangelist + -ic.

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