evangel
1 Americannoun
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the good tidings of the redemption of the world through Jesus Christ; the gospel.
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(usually initial capital letter) any of the four Gospels.
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doctrine taken as a guide or regarded as of prime importance.
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good news or tidings.
noun
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archaic the gospel of Christianity
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(often capital) any of the four Gospels of the New Testament
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any body of teachings regarded as central or basic
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an evangelist
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
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
In the U.S., where he arrived in 1937, he was chief evangel of the new right-angled religion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Always she was proclaiming the evangel of full and free salvation through Jesus’ merits to all who believe.
From The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden
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