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Webster 1913 Edition
Evangelical
Eˊvan-gel′ic-al
,Adj.
1.
Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels;
as, the
. evangelical
history2.
Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament;
as,
. evangelical
religion3.
Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preëminently orthodox; – technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of “Justification by Faith alone;” the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religious bodies not regarded as orthodox.
Evangelical Alliance
, an alliance for mutual strengthening and common work, comprising Christians of different denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool, England, in 1845.
– Evangelical Church
. (a)
The Protestant Church in Germany.
(b)
A church founded by a fusion of Lutherans and Calvinists in Germany in 1817.
– Evangelical Union
, a religious sect founded in Scotland in 1843 by the
Rev. James Morison
; – called also Morisonians
.Eˊvan-gel′ic-al
,Noun.
One of evangelical principles.
Definition 2024
Evangelical
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See also: Evangelical
English
Adjective
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 notes
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.
Translations
Noun
evangelical (plural evangelicals)
- A member of an evangelical church
- An advocate of evangelicalism