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gospell

gospell is the obsolete spelling of gospel.

Meaning of gospel

Noun

gospel (countable and uncountable, plural gospels)

  1. The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the birth, ministry, passion, and resurrection of Jesus.
  2. An account of those aspects of Jesus' life, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era.
  3. The teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments.
  4. A message expected to have positive reception or effect, one promoted as offering important (or even infallible) guiding principles.
    • Spreading the gospel of dental hygiene in Vermont1917, Oral Hygiene, volume 7, section title
  5. (uncountable) That which is absolutely authoritative (definitive).
    • We took her words for gospel.
  6. (uncountable) Gospel music.

See all 7 meanings of gospel

Forms of gospell

pluralgospells

Questions about gospell

What is gospell the obsolete spelling of?
Gospell is the obsolete spelling of gospel.

Words near gospell in the dictionary

  1. gospelists
  2. gospelize
  3. gospelized
  4. gospelizes
  5. gospelizing
  6. gospell
  7. gospelled
  8. gospeller
  9. gospellers
  10. gospellike
  11. gospelling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gospell (page history and authors); gospel (page history and authors). 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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