evangelical
See also: Evangelical
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
evangelic + -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”)
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AdjectiveEdit
evangelical (comparative more evangelical, superlative most evangelical)
- Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament
- Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
- Protestant; specifically, designating European churches which were originally Lutheran rather than Calvinist.
- Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).
- Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah.
- 1987, Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Islamic Values in the United States: A Comparative Study, Page 10
- When the mosque came under the influence of an evangelical Muslim group (Jamaati Tableegh), the formerly congenial situation changed noticeably.
- 1987, Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Islamic Values in the United States: A Comparative Study, Page 10
- Zealously enthusiastic.
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Usage notesEdit
While evangelical may have all above meanings, it is often used now for meanings 4-5.
Evangelic has only the meanings 1-3 and is now used often to differentiate these meanings from evangelicalism.
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NounEdit
evangelical (plural evangelicals)
- A member of an evangelical church
- An advocate of evangelicalism