Evangelist

  • 21evangelist — noun Date: 13th century 1. often capitalized a writer of any of the four Gospels 2. a person who evangelizes; specifically a Protestant minister or layman who preaches at special services 3. an enthusiastic advocate < an evangelist for physical&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22Evangelist — noun A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), (also evangelist.) …

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  • 23evangelist — Philip, one of the Seven (Acts 6:1–7), is called an evangelist (Acts 21:8) because he preached the gospel. Before long, evangelists were a distinct order in the Church (Eph. 4:11), and later still (from the 3rd cent.) the writers of the four&#8230; …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 24Evangelist — E·van·ge·lịst [evaŋɡ ] der; en, en; einer der Verfasser der vier Evangelien (also Markus, Matthäus, Lukas, Johannes) || NB: der Evangelist; den, dem, des Evangelisten …

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  • 25evangelist — e|van|ge|list [ıˈvændʒılıst] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: evangeliste, from Greek euangelion good news, gospel , from eu good + angelos someone who brings a message ] 1.) someone who travels to different places and tries to persuade&#8230; …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26evangelist — [[t]ɪvæ̱nʤəlɪst[/t]] evangelists N COUNT An evangelist is a person who travels from place to place in order to try to convert people to Christianity. Derived words: evangelistic ADJ ...an evangelistic meeting at All Saints Church Hall …

    English dictionary

  • 27evangelist — noun (C) 1 someone who travels around speaking at meeting to persuade people to become Christians 2 Evangelist one of the four writers of the books in the Bible called the Gospels evangelism noun (U) evangelistic adjective …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28evangelist — noun the first evangelist I ever heard of was Billy Graham Syn: preacher, missionary, gospeler, proselytizer, crusader; informal Bible thumper …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 29Evangelist — Evangelium (»Frohbotschaft« von der Ankunft des Erlösers; Bezeichnung der Geschichte Jesu in den vier ersten Büchern des Neuen Testaments): Das schon in ahd. Zeit (ahd. evangēljō, mhd. evangēlje) aus kirchenlat. euangelium &LT; griech. eu&#8230; …

    Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • 30evangelist — /əˈvændʒələst / (say uh vanjuhluhst), /i / (say ee ) noun 1. a preacher of the Christian gospel. 2. one of a class of teachers in the early Christian church, next in rank after apostles and prophets. 3. a revivalist. 4. an occasional or itinerant …