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Definition of Evangel
1. Noun. The four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings.
Generic synonyms: Religious Text, Religious Writing, Sacred Text, Sacred Writing
Specialized synonyms: Gospel According To Matthew, Matthew, Gospel According To Mark, Mark, Gospel According To Luke, Gospel Of Luke, Luke, Gospel According To John, John
Group relationships: New Testament
Terms within: Synoptic Gospels, Synoptics
Specialized synonyms: Word Of God
Derivative terms: Evangelical, Evangelical
Definition of Evangel
1. n. Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel.
Definition of Evangel
1. Noun. The Christian gospel ¹
2. Noun. An evangelist ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Evangel
1. a preacher of the gospel [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evangel
Literary usage of Evangel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"evangel- organized by Stearns in 1755 and in a 'of Stear few yeara il had over
60° members- and Mar- ^ 1758 the Sandy Creek Association shall. was formed, ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"evangel. 5, cap. 50.) Some trouble there is in marriage I deny not, Etsi grave
sit matrimonium, saith Erasmus, ..."
3. Abraham Coles: Biographical Sketch, Memorial Tributes, Selections from His by Abraham Coles, Ezra Mundy Hunt (1892)
""The evangel " and "The Light of the World " give the Gospel story of our Lord
in verse, with notes full of devotion and learning. ..."
4. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"evangel. 5, cap. 50.) Some trouble there is in marriage I deny not, Etsi grave
sit matrimonium, saith Erasmus, ..."
5. A Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British ...by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, George Knottesford Fortescue by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, George Knottesford Fortescue (1891)
"KOEHLER (R.) Die Volkstümlichkeit der evangel. Kirche, pp. 100. ... BIEKER (C.)
Die evangel. Kirche Württembergs in ihrem Verhältnis zum Staat, pp. 151. ..."
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