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Meaning of evangelical

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

evangelical

Pronunciation:/iːvænˈdʒɛlɪkəl/

noun

Definitions

  1. A member of an evangelical church

  2. An advocate of evangelicalism

adjective

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.

  2. Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.

  3. Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America.

  4. Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).