televangelist
/tɛlɪˈvan(d)ʒ(ə)lɪst
/(also tele-evangelist)
noun chiefly North American
An evangelical preacher who appears regularly on television to promote beliefs and appeal for funds.Today's religious airwaves are filled with radio and televangelists preaching the gospel of success....
- We now know what happened with the televangelists.
- A fiery televangelist recently testified to an ominous scenario in which God, in the Bible, is alerting faithful Bible readers to the awesome dangers of current and impending world events.
Derivatives
televangelical
- He said this tele-evangelical proclamation of the ‘good news’, centred on the individual is gradually eating away the fabric of Catholic life.
- These churches engage in multiple business ventures from tele-evangelical services to lucrative music businesses and have slick websites offering ‘online shopping’.
- Before any session, a remote controlled tele-evangelical advisor, in a video confession meeting, advises him on every matter and on every move.
televangelism
/ noun ...- Television and televangelism usually work through viewership.
- His riffs on the starving in Africa, relationships, Jesus Christ and the woeful state of televangelism in America, and, ironically, drunk driving are still beloved of comedy fans everywhere.
- But let's not forget that professional wrestling, hate radio and televangelism are extremely popular.
Rhymes
- paterfamilias
- pater-guardian
- Paterian
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- paterish
- paternal
- paternalise
- paternalism
- paternalist
- paternalistic
- paternalistically
- paternalize
- paternalized
- paternalizing
- paternally
- paternal roof
- Paternian
- paternity
- paternity case
- paternity leave
- paternity suit
- paternity test
- paternity testing
- paternoster
- paternostered