evangelical
/iːvænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.61 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
adj
Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.
adj
Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America.
adj
Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).
adj
noun
An advocate of evangelicalism.
Example Sentences
- "“They wave their Bibles at passersby, screaming their condemnations,” writes Kurt Eichenwald of evangelical Christians."
- "When the mosque came under the influence of an evangelical Muslim group (Jamaati Tableegh), the formerly congenial situation changed noticeably."
- "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 they exercise in selecting side orders for lunch.”"
Etymology
From evangelic + -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: evangelique, evangelium, εὐαγγέλιον