evangelicaladjective
uk/ˌiː.vænˈdʒel.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌiː.vænˈdʒel.ɪ.kəl/evangelical adjective (RELIGION)
belonging to one of the Protestant Churches or Christian groups that believe the teaching of the Bible and persuading other people to join them to be extremely important:
the Evangelical movement
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Christian denominations
- Anglican
- Anglo-Catholic
- Bible-basher
- C of E
- Calvinist
- Coptic
- denomination
- denominational
- ecclesiastical
- ecumenical
- evangelist
- evangelize
- Low Church
- Lutheran
- Methodism
- non-denominational
- Pentecostalism
- the Sally Army
- the Salvation Army
- Unitarian
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evangelical adjective (OPINIONS)
having very strong beliefs and often trying to persuade other people to have the same beliefs:
Why is it that people who've given up smoking become so evangelical and intolerant of other smokers?
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Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- aflutter
- agog
- all of a flutter idiom
- amped
- animated
- be as high as a kite idiom
- fanatical
- fascinated
- fasten
- fasten on/upon sth
- float sb's boat idiom
- flushed
- flutter
- knot
- overzealous
- passionate
- pop-eyed
- potty
- psyched
- sniff
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evangelical
noun [ C ] ukus
The new Archbishop is an evangelical.
evangelicalism
noun [ U ] uk/ˌiː.vænˈdʒel.ɪ.kəl.ɪ.zəm/us/ˌiː.vænˈdʒel.ɪ.kəl.ɪ.zəm/