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gospeler

gospeler noun: a person who preaches from the Gospels.

Noun

gospeler (plural gospelers)

  1. A person who preaches from the Gospels
  2. A singer of gospel music
  3. (Early, Modern, obsolete) A Protestant or evangelical Christian.
    • If thou be a papist, there shalt thou want no kinde of supersticion to feede vpon. If thou be a gospeller, no man shall aske why thou comest not to churche.1549, William Thomas, The historie of Italie […], page 85
    • You know I have conferred with many, and I ensure you, I never found man, so far as I do remembre, neyther old nor new Gospeller or Papist, of what judgment soever he was, in this thing to be a contrary opinion.1554 April 8, Nicholas Ridley, “Dr. Ridley late Bishop of London to West, formerly his Steward […]”, in John Strype, editor, Memorials of the Most Reverend Father in God, Thomas Cranmer […]...

Synonyms of gospeler

Forms of gospeler

pluralgospelers
alternative formgospeller

Origin of gospeler

From gospel + -er (occupational suffix). Compare Middle English gospellere (“one of the Evangelists; book containing the Gospels”), from Old English godspellere.

Words formed from gospeler

Questions about gospeler

What does gospeler mean?
Gospeler means a person who preaches from the Gospels.
What part of speech is gospeler?
Gospeler is a noun.
What is the plural of gospeler?
The plural of gospeler is gospelers.

Words near gospeler in the dictionary

  1. gospel truth
  2. gospel truths
  3. gospel-blues
  4. gospel-like
  5. gospeled
  6. gospeler
  7. gospelers
  8. gospelesque
  9. gospeling
  10. gospelings
  11. gospelise

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