gospeler

[gos-puh-ler]

noun Ecclesiastical.

a person who reads or sings the Gospel.

Also especially British, gos·pel·ler.

Origin of gospeler

before 1000; Middle English; Old English gōdspellere. See gospel, -er¹

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Historical Examples of gospeler

"Well, well, Heaven's will be done," muttered the patient Gospeler.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 13, June 25, 1870
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In a moment afterwards they re-entered the house in Gospeler's Gulch.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870
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"If I am not greatly mistaken," returned the Gospeler, sternly.
Punchinello Vol. 2, No. 28, October 8, 1870
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"And I don't know that, under the circumstances, you could do a better thing than you have done," continued the Gospeler.
Punchinello Vol. 2, No. 28, October 8, 1870
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"Ask it if it's a ghost," whispers the Gospeler, involuntarily crossing himself.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870
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