evangelistic
[ih-van-juh-lis-tik]
- pertaining to evangelists or to preachers of the gospel.
- evangelical.
- seeking to evangelize; striving to convert sinners.
- designed or fitted to evangelize.
- (often initial capital letter) of or relating to the four Evangelists.
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Origin of evangelistic
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Examples from the Web for evangelistic
Contemporary Examples
More importantly, the evangelistic ethos is supposed to infuse everyday life.
In films like this, an evangelistic and ministerial mission do much more than a good script to assure commercial success.
Historical Examples
It proved to be an evangelistic meeting of the then famous Moody and Sankey.
A Labrador DoctorWilfred Thomason Grenfell
I must not go further into these details of evangelistic work.
Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877James Kennedy
She cannot go out for weeks or months with a women's evangelistic band.
Have We No Rights?Mabel Williamson
Educational work is generally more attractive than evangelistic.
The Gist of JapanR. B. Peery
More missionaries are engaged in educational than in evangelistic work.
The Gist of JapanR. B. Peery
evangelistic
- denoting, resembling, or relating to evangelists or their methods and attitudesevangelistic zeal
- zealously advocating a cause
- (often capital) of or relating to all or any of the four Evangelists
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Word Origin and History for evangelistic
adj.
1845, from evangelist + -ic.
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