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”)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /iːvænˈdʒɛlɪkəl/

AdjectiveEdit

evangelical (comparative more evangelical, superlative most evangelical)

1. Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament
2. Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
3. Protestant; specifically, designating European churches which were originally Lutheran rather than Calvinist.
4. Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).
5. 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.

6. Zealously enthusiastic.

AntonymsEdit

• antievangelical
• nonevangelical

SynonymsEdit

• evangelic

Usage notesEdit

While evangelical may have all above meanings, it is often used now for meaning 4.

Evangelic has only the meanings 1-3 and is now used often to differentiate these meanings from evangelicalism.

TranslationsEdit

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} evangelisch
• French: ^{(please verify)} évangélique (fr)
• German: ^{(please verify)} evangelisch, ^{(please verify)} evangelikal

• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} evanġeliku
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} evanđeòskī

NounEdit

evangelical (plural evangelicals)

1. A member of an evangelical church
2. An advocate of evangelicalism

Derived termsEdit

• evangelicalism

Related termsEdit

• evangelism
• evangelistic

ReferencesEdit

• Evangelical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia