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evangel
1[ ih-van-juhl ]
noun
- the good tidings of the redemption of the world through Jesus Christ; the gospel.
- (usually initial capital letter) any of the four Gospels.
- doctrine taken as a guide or regarded as of prime importance.
- good news or tidings.
evangel
2[ ih-van-juhl ]
noun
- an evangelist.
evangel
/ ɪˈæԻə /
noun
- archaic.the gospel of Christianity
- often capital any of the four Gospels of the New Testament
- any body of teachings regarded as central or basic
- an evangelist
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of evangel1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of evangel1
Example Sentences
The corporate chieftain prevails upon Beale to “preach” a new “evangel” to his audience in which he decries individualism and embraces what the movie’s narrator calls “the corporate cosmology of Arthur Jensen.”
The word “evangel” comes from Jesus’ opening pledge to bring “good news” to the poor and let the oppressed go free.
Even more amazingly, he almost always got away with it, going on camera with an absolutely straight face to deliver his maddeningly inauthentic evangels to stunned newscasters.
Some anecdotes are more uncomfortable — for speaker and hearer — than others, but collectively serve Dr. Pam’s evangel that “you are not alone.”
Spa Week has spread the evangel of such wellness for over a decade.
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