evangelist

See also Evangelist

English

Etymology

From Old French evangeliste, from ecclesiastical Latin evangelista, from ecclesiastical Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistes, “bringer of good news”), from εὐαγγελίζεσθαι (“to evangelize”), from εὐάγγελος (euangelos, “bringing good news”), from εὖ (eu, “well”) + ἀγγέλλειν (angelein, “to announce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈvændʒəlɪst/

Noun

evangelist (plural evangelists)

1. (Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist.
2. A preacher of the gospel.
3. (biblical) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually Evangelist.
4. (primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
5. (Mormon Church) A patriarch
6. A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
   • 1992, J. D. Douglas, Who's Who in Christian History, ISBN 0842310142, p. 94.

     Booth, William (1829-1912) English evangelist; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning obedience.

   • 1994, Frank Lambert, "Pedlar in Divinity", ISBN 0691096163, p. 10.

     Yet in the spreading consumer market of the mid-1700s, his renditions competed with others offering a far different account of the evangelist and his message. The famous artist William Hogarth mocked Whitefield in two engravings presenting the revivalist as a religious fanatic who held sway over the superstitious lower orders.

   • 1996, Peter J. Conn, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography, ISBN 0521639891, p. 149.

     The film implies that the evangelist, as a type, is a fanatic, a sanctimonious prig, and ultimately a hypocrite.

Related terms

• angel
• angelic
• evangelize
• televangelist

Translations

itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist

Dutch: evangelist (nl) m.

Finnish: matkasaarnaaja (fi)

preacher of the gospel

Finnish: evankelista (fi)

writer of a gospel

Finnish: evankelista (fi) German: Evangelist (de) m.

Icelandic: guðspjallamaður (is) m.

primitive Church: person who first brought the gospel to a city or region

Finnish: evankelioija (fi)

Mormon Church: patriarch

person marked by extreme enthusiasm

Finnish: kiihkoilija (fi), intoilija (fi)

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Translations to be checked

French: évangéliste Italian: evangelista Japanese: 福音の伝道者 (fukuin-no dendousha)

Persian: انجيلي (enjeeli) Spanish: evangelista Swedish: evangelist c. (4, 5)

See also

• missionary
• Christer

External links

• evangelist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• evangelist in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Dutch

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Noun

evangelist m. (^??? please provide the plural!, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. (Christianity) evangelist

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Swedish

Noun

evangelist c.

1. evangelist; a preacher of the gospel
2. evangelist; a writer of a gospel

Declension

Declension of evangelist

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	evangelist	evangelisten	evangelister	evangelisterna
genitive	evangelists	evangelistens	evangelisters	evangelisternas