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evangelical counsels

evangelical counsels noun: chastity, poverty (or perfect charity), and obedience, given by Jesus of Nazareth in the Canonical gospels as advice for those who desire to become perfect.

Noun

evangelical counsels pl (normally plural, singular evangelical counsel)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) Chastity, poverty (or perfect charity), and obedience, given by Jesus of Nazareth in the Canonical gospels as advice for those who desire to become perfect.

Forms of evangelical counsels

singularevangelical counsel

Questions about evangelical counsels

What does evangelical counsels mean?
Evangelical counsels means chastity, poverty (or perfect charity), and obedience, given by Jesus of Nazareth in the Canonical gospels as advice for those who desire to become perfect.
What part of speech is evangelical counsels?
Evangelical counsels is a noun.

Words near evangelical counsels in the dictionary

  1. evangeliaries
  2. evangeliary
  3. evangelic
  4. evangelical
  5. evangelical counsel
  6. evangelical counsels
  7. Evangelical Lutheran
  8. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  9. evangelicalism
  10. evangelicalisms
  11. evangelicality

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