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evangelical
[ ee-van-jel-i-kuhl, ev-uhn- ]
adjective
- Also evangelic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.
- belonging to or designating the Christian churches that emphasize the teachings and authority of the Scriptures, especially of the New Testament, in opposition to the institutional authority of the church itself, and that stress as paramount the tenet that salvation is achieved by personal conversion to faith in the atonement of Christ.
- designating Christians, especially of the late 1970s, eschewing the designation of fundamentalist but holding to a conservative interpretation of the Bible.
- pertaining to certain movements in the Protestant churches in the 18th and 19th centuries that stressed the importance of personal experience of guilt for sin, and of reconciliation to God through Christ.
- marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause.
noun
- an adherent of evangelical doctrines or a person who belongs to an evangelical church or party.
evangelical
/ ˌiːvænˈdʒɛlɪkəl /
adjective
- of, based upon, or following from the Gospels
- denoting or relating to any of certain Protestant sects or parties, which emphasize the importance of personal conversion and faith in atonement through the death of Christ as a means of salvation
- another word for evangelistic
noun
- an upholder of evangelical doctrines or a member of an evangelical sect or party, esp the Low-Church party of the Church of England
Derived Forms
- ˌevanˈgelically, adverb
- ˌevanˈgelicalism, noun
Other Words From
- e·van·gel·i·cal·ly adverb
- e·van·gel·i·cal·ness e·van·gel·i·cal·i·ty [ee-van-jel-i-, kal, -i-tee], noun
- non·e·van·gel·ic adjective
- non·e·van·gel·i·cal adjective
- non·e·van·gel·i·cal·ly adverb
- pseu·do·e·van·gel·ic adjective
- pseu·do·e·van·gel·i·cal adjective
- pseu·do·e·van·gel·i·cal·ly adverb
- su·per·e·van·gel·i·cal adjective
- su·per·e·van·gel·i·cal·ly adverb
- un·e·van·gel·ic adjective
- un·e·van·gel·i·cal adjective
- un·e·van·gel·i·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of evangelical1
Example Sentences
The evangelical couple also visited a swingers club, Miami Velvet, according to Granda.
For evangelicals, the Wayfair rumors exploded into a major online freakout.
Kristen Howerton, a writer and family therapist who grew up evangelical, says that she began seeing more QAnon-related content from evangelical friends on Facebook about a year ago.
Among evangelicals, feelings about human trafficking are often so intense that people are only interested in hearing, and sharing, stories about how inhumane and widespread it is.
Around a quarter of American adults identify themselves as evangelical Protestants, including parts of the Baptist, Lutheran, and Presbyterian denominations.
Pastor Gaylard Williams earned a good reputation among his evangelical ilk.
First, white evangelical Protestants are, by far, the most likely to be climate deniers.
Eight years later, the white evangelical midterm electorate was more energized for the Republican side.
While their songs are inspired by Jewish teachings, they are nowhere close to evangelical.
The NCF was created, back in 1982 or so, to maximize hard right-wing evangelical Christian philanthropic giving.
In rejecting this system, she had no friend to conduct her to the warm, sheltered, and congenial retreats of evangelical piety.
In these papers it has been chiefly discussed as one of the two principal branches of the general Evangelical movement.
The Evangelical movement had done good even in quarters where it had been looked upon with disfavour.
The implacable patient declared that he admired what he called my evangelical moderation.
Mr. O'Brien was a member of the Church of England, and his sympathies were with the evangelical section.
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