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evangelization|ɪˌvændʒəlaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. evangelize v. + -ation.]
1. The action or work of preaching the Gospel.
1651Hobbes Leviath. iii. xlii. 270 Evangelization, that is, a Proclamation of Christ. 1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. v. 122 Instead of holding up evangelisation—they make the cultivation of knowledge the business of the life.
2. The action or process of evangelizing, or bringing under the influence of the Gospel.
1827G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy (1844) I. 195 When this universal evangelisation shall have taken place. 1869Farrar Fam. Speech iii. (1873) 105 The Aryan should advance farther and farther to the civilisation..the evangelisation of the whole habitable globe. 1879Maclear Celts iii. 38 The most powerful influence in the gradual evangelization of the Celtic races. 1883Harper's Mag. Sept. 498/2 The evangelization of the Dalecarlians.
b. The action of interpreting (heathen myths) in an evangelic or Christian sense.
1843Turner tr. Geijer's Hist. Sweden (L), The evangelization of the native superstitions was the first object of these latitudinarian missionaries.
3. The state or condition of being evangelized or converted to the Christian faith.
1870–4Anderson Missions Amer. Bd. IV. xlvi. 481 The effect of the thorough evangelization of that community.
Hence eˌvangeliˈzationer (nonce-wd.), one engaged in evangelization.
1825R. Southey in Q. Rev. XXXII. 26 One of these qualified evangelizationers has devised what he calls Church questions. |