evangelical
/iːvænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/
evangelical adjective: pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
Adjective (1)
evangelical (comparative more evangelical, superlative most evangelical)
- Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
- Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.
- Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America.
- Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).
- “They wave their Bibles at passersby, screaming their condemnations,” writes Kurt Eichenwald of evangelical Christians.2015 January 6, Rachel Held Evans, “What Newsweek gets wrong about evangelicals”, in CNN
- Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah.
- When the mosque came under the influence of an evangelical Muslim group (Jamaati Tableegh), the formerly congenial situation changed noticeably.1987, Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Islamic Values in the United States: A Comparative Study, page 10
- Zealously enthusiastic.
Noun
evangelical (plural evangelicals)
- A member of an evangelical church.
- Furthermore, what would otherwise be good points about the sort of selective literalism that renders homosexuality an unpardonable sin but shrugs off Sarah Palin’s biblically forbidden pearl earrings are lost in Eichenwald’s assumption that evangelicals make these decisions “with less care than...2015 January 6, Rachel Held Evans, “What Newsweek gets wrong about evangelicals”, in CNN
- An advocate of evangelicalism.
Adjective (2) capitalized: Evangelical
Evangelical
evangelical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
evangelical in Hindi
- इवेंजेलिकल, इवांजेलिकल, इवैंजेलिकल
evangelical in Tamil
- நற்செய்தி சார்ந்த, தீவிர நற்செய்தி அறிவிப்பு சார்ந்த, சீர்திருத்த சபை சார்ந்த, லூத்தர் சபை சார்ந்த, தீவிர நற்செய்தி அறிவிப்பாளர், சீர்திருத்த சபை உறுப்பினர்
evangelical in Marathi
- इव्हॅन्जेलिकल, इव्हँजेलिकल, इवांजेलिकल
evangelical in Urdu
- انجیلی
More languagesFewer languages
- evangelical in Bengali
- খ্রিস্টীয় সুসমাচার সংক্রান্ত, ধর্মপ্রচার সংক্রান্ত
- evangelical in Telugu
- ఎవాంజెలికల్
- evangelical in Malayalam
- സുവിശേഷാനുസാരമായ
- evangelical in Kannada
- ಇವ್ಯಾಂಜೆಲಿಕಲ್, ಇವಾಂಜೆಲಿಕಲ್
- evangelical in Punjabi
- ਇਵੈਂਜੈਲੀਕਲ, ਇਵੈਂਜੈਲਿਕਲ, ਇਵੈਂਜੈਕਲਲ
- evangelical in Gujarati
- ઇવેન્જેલિકલ, ઈવેન્જેલિકલ, ઇવાન્જેલિકલ
- evangelical in Odia
- ଇଭାଞ୍ଜେଲିକାଲ, ଇଭାନଜେଲିକାଲ, ଇଭାଞ୍ଜେଲିକାଲ୍
- evangelical in Nepali
- इभान्जेलिकल, इभानजेलिकल, इवान्जेलिकल
Examples of evangelical in a sentence
- That vicar used to be an evangelical, but she's crept up the candle in recent years.
- The closing fifteen minutes "evokes an evangelical altar call" filled with references to God.
- Scofield’s reference Bible, with its accompanying dispensational notes, helped further instill this theology, especially among evangelical churches.
Synonyms of evangelical
Antonyms
Forms of evangelical
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more evangelical |
| superlative | most evangelical |
| Noun | |
| plural | evangelicals |
Origin of evangelical
From evangelic + -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).
Words formed from evangelical
Phrases with evangelical
Questions about evangelical
- What does evangelical mean?
- Evangelical means pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
- What is evangelical in Hindi?
- Evangelical in Hindi is इवेंजेलिकल, इवांजेलिकल, इवैंजेलिकल. See Evangelical meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is evangelical?
- Evangelical can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce evangelical?
- Evangelical is pronounced /iːvænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/.
Words near evangelical in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: evangelical (page history and authors); Evangelical (page history and authors); evangelical (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); evangelical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evangelical (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); evangelical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Evangelical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evangelical (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); evangelical (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evangelical (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); evangelical (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); evangelical (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); evangelical (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); evangelical (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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