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Webster 1913 Edition
evangel
e-van′gel
(ē̍-văn′jĕl)
, Noun.
[F.
évangile
, L. evangelium
, Gr. εὐαγγέλιον
good news, glad tidings, gospel, fr. εὐάγγελοσ
bringing good news; εὖ
well + ἄγγελειν
to bear a message. See Eu-
, and Angel
and cf. Evangely
.] Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel.
Milton.
Her funeral anthem is a glad
evangel
. Whittier.
Webster 1828 Edition
Evangel
EVAN'GEL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
evangel
evangel
English
Noun
evangel (plural evangels)
- The Christian gospel
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. X, Plugson of Undershot
- If, at any time, a philosophy of Laissez-faire, Competition and Supply-and-demand, start up as the exponent of human relations, expect that it will soon end. […] Such philosophies will arise; be preached as Mammon-Gospels, the ultimate Evangel of the World […]
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. X, Plugson of Undershot
- An evangelist