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evangelship

evangelship noun: the condition of being an evangel (evangelist).

Noun

evangelship (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being an evangel (evangelist).
    • ... and not to Timothy and Titus in respect of their evangelship, as the presbyterists affirm; then can there be no question but this new discipline is a very dream, …1842, Thomas Bilson (successively Bishop of Worcester and of Winchester), The Perpetual Gouernement of Christes Church: a new edition, with a biographical notice, by Robert Eden, page 387
    • We infer, therefore, that Christian discipleship is a necessary qualification for Christian evangelship. But what of Judas? Was he a true disciple? Yet was he not one of the apostles? His case was, confessedly, an exception to our principle ...1873, David Thomas, The genius of the gospel; a homiletical commentary on the Gospel of st. Matthew, ed. by W. Webster, page 148

Origin of evangelship

From evangel + -ship.

Questions about evangelship

What does evangelship mean?
Evangelship means the condition of being an evangel (evangelist).
What part of speech is evangelship?
Evangelship is a noun.

Words near evangelship in the dictionary

  1. evangelizer
  2. evangelizers
  3. evangelizes
  4. evangelizing
  5. evangels
  6. evangelship
  7. evangely
  8. evangile
  9. evanid
  10. evaniid
  11. evaniids

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