televangelist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of televangelist
1980–85; blend of television and evangelist
Example Sentences
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She chose for law school Regent University, founded by the late televangelist Pat Robertson, because it offered what she calls “a Judeo-Christian” legal education.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Located five miles from Disneyland on the campus that once housed televangelist Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral Ministries, the Shroud of Turin Experience is Orange County’s newest tourist attraction with a Christian twist.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
Lance Wallnau, another Christian evangelical preacher, televangelist, speaker and author, has promoted dominion theology since the early 2000s.
From Salon • Jul. 11, 2025
“Your untimely death has crushed me, and broken the hearts of believers and shocked an entire nation,” televangelist and former Vice-President Nevers Mumba posted on Facebook after Ngosa’s death was announced on Friday.
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2024
Authorities said the boy, Samuel, was with his mother on Sunday when she entered the Lakewood Church in Houston, just after a service led by the televangelist Joel Osteen.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2024
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