Evangelist

UK: /ɪˈvæn^dʒəlɪst/ US: (i van′jə list)

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Evangelist / ɪˈvændʒɪlɪst/ noun

1. any of the writers of the New Testament Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John
2. a senior official or dignitary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon Church)

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e•van•ge•lism /ɪˈvændʒəˌlɪzəm/   n. [uncountable]

1. Religion the preaching of the Christian gospel.
2. Religion missionary zeal, purpose, or activity.

e•van•ge•list, n. [countable]

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e•van•ge•list  (i van′jə list), n. 

1. Religion a Protestant minister or layperson who serves as an itinerant or special preacher, esp. a revivalist.
2. Religion a preacher of the gospel.
3. Bible (cap.) any of the writers (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) of the four Gospels.
4. Religion (in the primitive church) a person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
5. Religion (cap.) [Mormon Ch.] a patriarch.
6. Religion a person marked by evangelical enthusiasm for or support of any cause.

• Greek euangelisté̄s. See evangel¹, -ist
• Latin evangelista
• Middle English evangeliste 1125–75

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e•van•ge•lism  (i van′jə liz′əm), n. 

1. Religion the preaching or promulgation of the gospel;
   the work of an evangelist.
2. Religion evangelicalism.
3. Religion missionary zeal, purpose, or activity.

• evangel² + -ism 1620–30

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evangelist / ɪˈvændʒɪlɪst/ noun

1. an occasional preacher, sometimes itinerant and often preaching at meetings in the open air
2. a preacher of the Christian gospel
3. any zealous advocate of a cause
4. another word for revivalist1