gospeller
Britishnoun
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a person who reads or chants the Gospel in a religious service
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a person who professes to preach a gospel held exclusively by him and others of a like mind
Example Sentences
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In 1993, the 60-year-old gospeller had supposedly found Judaism but was also rock’n’rolling again.
From The Guardian • May 10, 2020
The newspapers that had scoffed at the "hot gospeller" from the U.S. now wrote editorials of warm praise.
From Time Magazine Archive
"No, only half Quaker; the other half gospeller," replied the old man meekly.
From Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem by Pyle, Howard
William of Thorpe's Testament. atthew, an Apostle of Christ and his gospeller, witnesseth truly in the Holy Gospel, the most holy living and the most wholesome teaching of Christ.
From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various
The young gospeller took up his task void of all vain conceit; but humility, simplicity, and honesty alone could not prevail over the quick-witted witch when she was bent on entangling him.
From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence
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