单词 | evangelization |
释义 | evangelizationn. 1. The action or work of preaching the Gospel. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > evangelization > [noun] evangelizingc1384 evangelisma1626 evangelization1651 gospelling1652 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 270 Evangelization, that is, a Proclamation of Christ. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 122 Instead of holding up evangelisation—they make the cultivation of knowledge the business of the life. 2. a. The action or process of evangelizing, or bringing under the influence of the Gospel. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > evangelization > [noun] > bringing under the influence of the gospel evangelization1828 1828 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy I. ii. i. 245 When this universal evangelisation shall have taken place. 1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iii. 142 The Aryan..should advance farther and farther to the civilisation,..the evangelisation of the whole habitable globe. 1879 G. F. Maclear Celts iii. 38 The most powerful influence in the gradual evangelization of the Celtic races. 1883 Harper's Mag. Sept. 498/2 The evangelization of the Dalecarlians. b. The action of interpreting (heathen myths) in an evangelic or Christian sense. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > [noun] > giving form of evangelization1843 Christianization1844 1843 Turner tr. Geijer 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. ΚΠ 1870–4 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board IV. xlvi. 481 The effect of the thorough evangelization of that community. Derivatives eˌvangeliˈzationer n. one engaged in evangelization.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > evangelization > [noun] > one who evangelizes fisherc1000 man-fisherc1300 vangelista1330 evangelizer1382 evangelyc1384 evangelist1535 men-fishera1557 seminary1583 evangel1593 Philip1613 evangelica1617 evangelizationer1825 1825 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 32 26 One of these qualified evangelizationers has devised what he calls Church questions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1651 |
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