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televangelist orig. U.S.|tɛlɪˈvændʒəlɪst|
Also tele-evangelist.
[Blend of television and evangelist.]
An evangelical preacher who uses the mass media, and particularly television, to promote esp. fundamentalist doctrine. Cf. television evangelist s.v. television 3 c; TV evangelist s.v. TV b.
1973Time 5 Mar. 66/1 (caption) Televangelist Rex Humbard with map showing TV broadcast centers. 1981N.Y. Times 26 July vii. 12/1 This fascinating book is a catalogue and primer of the ‘televangelists'’ theology. 1985Time 18 Mar. 70/1 His syndicated Sunday morning TV service..reaches an audience of almost 3 million, placing him among the nation's top-rated televangelists. 1986Washington Post 5 Feb. c11/1 A study..performed by the A. C. Nielson Co. found that 34 million people watched one of the top 10 tele-evangelists during the month studied. 1987Independent 26 Mar. 9/8 With mutual hatreds now so vividly exposed, the ‘televangelists’ may find it difficult in future to retain the support of their flocks.
Hence teleˈvangelism, the promulgation of such doctrine on television; televanˈgelical a., of or pertaining to televangelism; also as n. = televangelist.
1980Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) 4 Oct. 13/1 Televangelism has been around for years, but just now it's making more of an impact than it ever has. 1985Washington Post 19 Aug. a7/6 Robertson lacks the hellfire and damnation style of such televangelicals as Jimmy Swaggart and James Robison. 1987San Diego Union 26 Mar. b9/4 There is a great deal of unsettling news emerging these days from the underside of a phenomenon known as ‘televangelism’. 1987Washington Post 3 Nov. d4/4 The tour was announced seven months after Jim Bakker resigned as leader of the televangelical empire he and his wife had founded. |