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Evangelical

//iːvænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
  2. 2
    Of, or relating to any of several Christian Churches that believe in the sole authority of the gospels.
  3. 3
    Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.
  4. 4
    Of, or relating to Protestant (especially Lutheran) Churches in Germany.
  5. 5
    Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America.
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  1. 6
    Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).

    "“They wave their Bibles at passersby, screaming their condemnations,” writes Kurt Eichenwald of evangelical Christians."

  2. 7
    Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah.

    "When the mosque came under the influence of an evangelical Muslim group (Jamaati Tableegh), the formerly congenial situation changed noticeably."

  3. 8
    Zealously enthusiastic.
Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause wordnet
  2. 2
    of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament wordnet
  3. 3
    relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an evangelical church.

    "Furthermore, what would otherwise be good points about the sort of selective literalism that renders homosexuality an unpardonable sin but shrugs off Sarah Palin’s biblically forbidden pearl earrings are lost in Eichenwald’s assumption that evangelicals make these decisions “with less care than they exercise in selecting side orders for lunch.”"

  2. 2
    An advocate of evangelicalism.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From evangelic + -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).

Etymology 2

From evangelic + -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).

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