evangelist
Other forms: evangelists
An evangelist is a preacher, specifically a Christian preacher. Evangelists are excited to tell everyone all over the world about Christianity.
If you're an evangelist, you're a Christian preacher. Unlike other religious words — such as prayer and God — this word is specifically limited to the Christian faith. With a capital e, Evangelist refers specifically to the authors of the Gospels in the New Testament. Sometimes the word is used more loosely when people say someone is an evangelist for a cause, such as vegetarianism or health care: that means they're a strong believer in and proponent of the cause.
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a preacher of the Christian gospelsynonyms: gospeler, gospeller, revivalistexamples:William Franklin GrahamUnited States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)Aimee Semple McPhersonUnited States evangelist (born in Canada) noted for her extravagant religious services (1890-1944)Dwight Lyman MoodyUnited States evangelist (1837-1899)Oral RobertsUnited States evangelist (born 1918)William Ashley SundayUnited States evangelist (1862-1935)types:televangelistan evangelist who conducts services on televisiontype of:
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