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evangelical
[ ee-van-jel-i-kuhl, ev-uhn- ]
adjective
- Also evangelic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.
- belonging to or designating the Christian churches that emphasize the teachings and authority of the Scriptures, especially of the New Testament, in opposition to the institutional authority of the church itself, and that stress as paramount the tenet that salvation is achieved by personal conversion to faith in the atonement of Christ.
- designating Christians, especially of the late 1970s, eschewing the designation of fundamentalist but holding to a conservative interpretation of the Bible.
- pertaining to certain movements in the Protestant churches in the 18th and 19th centuries that stressed the importance of personal experience of guilt for sin, and of reconciliation to God through Christ.
- marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause.
noun
- an adherent of evangelical doctrines or a person who belongs to an evangelical church or party.
evangelical
/ ˌːæˈɛɪə /
adjective
- of, based upon, or following from the Gospels
- denoting or relating to any of certain Protestant sects or parties, which emphasize the importance of personal conversion and faith in atonement through the death of Christ as a means of salvation
- another word for evangelistic
noun
- an upholder of evangelical doctrines or a member of an evangelical sect or party, esp the Low-Church party of the Church of England
Derived Forms
- ˌ𱹲ˈ, adverb
- ˌ𱹲ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ····· adverb
- ·····Ա ······ٲ [ee-van-jel-i-, kal, -i-tee], noun
- ԴDz···· adjective
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- non······ adverb
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- pseu·do······ adverb
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- su·per······ adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of evangelical1
Example Sentences
Raised in a largely non-practising, evangelical household, Vance spent part of his adolescence drawn to a Pentecostal church, only to later abandon organised religion altogether.
A growing chorus of evangelical leaders has taken to calling empathy "sinful," "toxic," and "satanic."
Trump’s political rallies and other large gatherings are more like fundamentalist Christian evangelical tent revivals where he is the preacher laying hands and saving souls than they are traditional political rallies.
While Pagels’ love affair with evangelical Christianity lasted only a year, her curiosity about the “powerful responses” that stories about Jesus evoked in her persisted; interrogating that response became her life’s work.
Ruto, an evangelical Christian, defended the donation, saying it was an attempt to address the country's moral decay.
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