evangel

¹ American  

[ih-van-juhl] / ɪˈvæn dʒəl /

noun

1. the good tidings of the redemption of the world through Jesus Christ; the gospel.

2. (usually initial capital letter) any of the four Gospels.

3. doctrine taken as a guide or regarded as of prime importance.

4. good news or tidings.

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evangel ² American  

[ih-van-juhl] / ɪˈvæn dʒəl /

noun

1. an evangelist.

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evangel British  

/ ɪˈvændʒəl /

noun

1. archaic the gospel of Christianity

2. (often capital) any of the four Gospels of the New Testament

3. any body of teachings regarded as central or basic

4. an evangelist

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Etymology

Origin of evangel¹

1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin evangelium < Greek euangélion good news ( see eu-, angel); replacing Middle English evangile < Middle French

Origin of evangel²

1585–95; < Late Latin evangelus < Greek euángelos (adj.) bringing good news. See evangel ¹

Example Sentences

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His Sonny, a Texas evangel with a devoted flock, is deeply flawed — to watch the way his wife flinches when he approaches her tells its own sad backstory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

Some anecdotes are more uncomfortable — for speaker and hearer — than others, but collectively serve Dr. Pam’s evangel that “you are not alone.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 8, 2017

Once he was in the job, fate teamed Roxy with Deskey--Donald Deskey, the great evangel of Art Deco who had won a competition to design the Music Hall.

From Time Magazine Archive

Colonel and Teddy boy meet by chance, and the madman of the old regime is struck down by the inarticulate evangel of the new.

From Time Magazine Archive

The circle of the Transcendentalists was, for the moment, a new church, with the joy and pain of a new evangel in its midst.

From Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) by Julia Ward Howe