evangelical
adjective
Also evangelic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.
evangelicals
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pluralof evangelical.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The younger Bolsonaro has also courted evangelicals and the agricultural industry as part of his campaign.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The growing chorus of outspoken former evangelicals tells similar stories of learning more about the Bible and questioning what they have been taught.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
He spends chapters meditating on trauma and fatherhood, on periods of feeling spiritually adrift, on coming to love a “majestic” faith tradition while remaining connected to the rowdy evangelicals of his childhood.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
At no time did it occur to me that this was the precise behavior I had judged in the ’70s Iranian activists and ’90s Southern evangelicals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Their commitment to their faith is confounding a long-held assumption that, like earlier generations of Baptists or Pentecostals, prosperous evangelicals would abandon their religious ties or trade them for membership in establishment churches.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
