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Webster 1913 Edition


Evangelistary

E-vanˊgel-is′ta-ry

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Noun.
[LL.
evangelistarium
.]
A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service.
Porson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Evangelistary

EVAN'GELISTARY

,
Noun.
A selection of passages from the gospels, as a lesson in divine service.

Definition 2024


evangelistary

evangelistary

English

Alternative forms

  • Evangelistary

Noun

evangelistary (plural evangelistaries)

  1. (Christianity) A book containing selections from the Gospels, read during worship services.
    • 1996, Thomas Forrest Kelly, The exultet in Southern Italy, page 194:
      The Exultet in sources related to southern Italy, in addition to its transmission in twenty-six rolls, is found in twenty-seven other manuscripts: eighteen missals, two evangelistaries, two pontificals, two rituals, two graduals, and one processional.

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Synonyms

  • Evangeliary
  • Evangeliar