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View usage for: (ɪvændʒəlɪst) Word forms: plural evangelistscountable nounAn evangelist is a person who travels from place to place in order to try to convert people to Christianity. Synonyms: preacher, minister, missionary, or woman">clergyman or woman More Synonyms of evangelist evangelistic adjective ...an evangelistic meeting at All Saints Church Hall. evangelist in British English (ɪˈvændʒɪlɪst) noun1. an occasional preacher, sometimes itinerant and often preaching at meetings in the open air 2. a preacher of the Christian gospel 3. any zealous advocate of a cause 4. another word for revivalist (sense 1) Evangelist in British English (ɪˈvændʒɪlɪst) noun1. any of the writers of the New Testament Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John 2. a senior official or dignitary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon Church) evangelist in American English (iˈvændʒəlɪst; ɪˈvændʒəlɪst) noun1. [E-] any of the four writers of the Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John 2. a revivalist or a preacher who holds large public services in various cities, now often televised Word origin ME & OFr evangeliste < LL(Ec) evangelista < Gr euangelistēs, bringer of good news (in N.T., evangelist): see evangel Examples of 'evangelist' in a sentenceevangelist Instead, he became one of the great evangelists of the nineteenth century.The EU president is certainly an evangelist for the cause. Definition a preacher, sometimes itinerant A noted evangelist was preaching to a rather hostile congregation. Additional synonymsDefinition a member of the clergy The crowds were protesting against a local clergyman being banned from preaching. Synonyms minister, member of the clergy, priest, vicar, parson, reverend (informal), rabbi, pastor, chaplain, cleric, rector, curate, father, churchman or woman, padre, man or woman or person of God, man or woman or person of the cloth, divineDefinition (esp. in Presbyterian and some Nonconformist Churches) a member of the clergy My father was a Baptist minister. Synonyms or woman">clergyman or woman, priest, divine, vicar, parson, preacher, pastor, chaplain, cleric, rector, curate, churchman or woman, padre (informal), ecclesiasticDefinition a person sent abroad by a church to do religious and social work He plays the part of a missionary who meets a woman of doubtful morals. Synonyms evangelist, preacher, apostle, converter, propagandist, proselytizer Nearby words ofevangelist - evanescent
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