evangelical

See also: Evangelical

English

Etymology

From evangelic +‎ -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːvænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

evangelical (comparative more evangelical, superlative most evangelical)

1. Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
2. Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.
3. Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America.
4. Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).
5. Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah.
   • 1987, Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Islamic Values in the United States: A Comparative Study, page 10:

     When the mosque came under the influence of an evangelical Muslim group (Jamaati Tableegh), the formerly congenial situation changed noticeably.

6. Zealously enthusiastic.

Usage notes

While evangelical may have all the above meanings, it is often used now for meaning 4.

Evangelic has only the meanings 1-3 and is now used often to differentiate these meanings from evangelicalism.

Synonyms

• evangelic

Antonyms

• antievangelical
• nonevangelical

Derived terms

• evangelical counsels

Translations

pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general

• Amharic: ወንጌላዊ (wängelawi)
• Catalan: evangèlic (ca)
• Danish: evangelisk
• Dutch: evangelisch (nl)
• French: évangélique (fr)
• German: evangelisch (de), evangelikal (de)
• Irish: soiscéalach
• Latvian: evaņģelisks
• Maltese: evanġeliku
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: evangelisk

  Nynorsk: evangelisk

• Polish: ewangelijny (pl), ewangeliczny (pl)
• Russian: ева́нгельский (ru) (jevángelʹskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: evanđeòskī (sh)

• Yiddish: עוואַנגעליסטיש (Evangelistish)

Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches

• Polish: ewangelicki (pl)

Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion

• Polish: ewangelikalny (pl)

Noun

evangelical (plural evangelicals)

1. A member of an evangelical church
2. An advocate of evangelicalism

Derived terms

• evangelicalism
• evangelically
• evangelicalness
• open evangelical

Related terms

• evangel
• evangelise
• evangeliser
• evangelism
• evangelist
• evangelistic
• evangelistical
• evangelistically
• evangelize
• evangelizer

Translations

member of an evangelical church

• Polish: ewangelik (pl) m, ewangeliczka f

References

• Evangelical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia