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evangelization

American  
[i-van-juhl-uhz-ay-shuhn, ee-, -ahyz-ay-shuhn] / ɪˌvæn dʒəl əzˈeɪ ʃən, i-, -aɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of evangelizing a person, group, region, etc.


Example Sentences

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First, the threats to the new evangelization are not of flesh and blood.

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2024

Such evangelization is what drove fellow board member and musician Doug Peterson to set up the chapel’s outdoor stage with live entertainment.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Area parishes were distributing some 5,000 boxes of food staples donated by a supermarket, including some 10 tons of pasta and 5 tons of rice, according to a statement from the Vatican’s evangelization office.

From Washington Times • Nov. 13, 2022

Francis’s trip broke the norms of papal travel because it was overtly intended for penitence, not evangelization.

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2022

He was so stubborn that Father Nicanor gave up his attempts at evangelization and continued visiting him out of humanitarian feelings.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez