evangelist

[ ih-van-juh-list ]
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noun
  1. a Protestant minister or layperson who serves as an itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist.

  2. a preacher of the gospel.

  1. (initial capital letter) any of the writers (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) of the four Gospels.

  2. (in the primitive church) a person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.

  3. (initial capital letter)Mormon Church. a patriarch.

  4. a person marked by evangelical enthusiasm for or support of any cause.

Origin of evangelist

1
1125–75; Middle English evangeliste<Latin evangelista<Greek euangelistḗs.See evangel1, -ist

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British Dictionary definitions for evangelist (1 of 2)

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

  1. any zealous advocate of a cause

  2. another word for revivalist (def. 1)

British Dictionary definitions for Evangelist (2 of 2)

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 Mormon Church

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