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EVANGELIST
evangelist, revivalist, gospeler, gospeller
(noun) a preacher of the Christian gospel
Evangelist
(noun) (when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
evangelist (plural evangelists)
(Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
(Bible) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually Evangelist.
(primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
(Mormon Church) A patriarch.
A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
(computing) A person hired to promote a particular technology.
Synonyms
• (preacher): gospeler
Anagrams
• gavestinel
Noun
Evangelist (plural Evangelists)
(biblical) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), (also evangelist.)
Anagrams
• gavestinel
Source: Wiktionary
E*van"gel*ist, n. Etym: [F. évangéliste, L. evangelista, fr. Gr.
Definition: A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance. The Apostles, so far as they evangelized, might claim the tittle though there were many evangelists who were not Apistles. Plumptre.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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