evangelist

See also: Evangelist

English

Etymology

From Old French evangeliste, from ecclesiastical Latin evangelista, from ecclesiastical Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs, “bringer of good news”), from εὐαγγελίζεσθαι (euangelízesthai, “to evangelize”), from εὐάγγελος (euángelos, “bringing good news”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ἀγγέλλειν (angéllein, “to announce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈvændʒəlɪst/

Noun

evangelist (plural evangelists)

1. (Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
2. (biblical) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually Evangelist.
3. (primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
4. (Mormon Church) A patriarch.
5. 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.

6. (computing) A person hired to promote a particular technology.

Synonyms

• (preacher): gospeler

Derived terms

• televangelist

Related terms

• angel
• angelic
• evangel
• evangelism
• evangelize

Translations

itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 福音傳道者, 福音传道者 (fúyīn chuándàozhě), 傳道者 (zh), 传道者 (zh) (chuándàozhě)

• Dutch: evangelist (nl) m
• Finnish: matkasaarnaaja
• French: évangéliste (fr) m, f

• German: Evangelist m, Evangelistin f
• Hungarian: hitszónok (hu)
• Japanese: 福音の伝道者 (ふくいんのでんどうしゃ, fukuin no dendōsha), 伝道者 (でんどうしゃ, dendōsha)
• Russian: евангели́ст (ru) m (jevangelíst), евангели́стка (ru) f (jevangelístka)

preacher of the gospel

• Finnish: evankelista (fi)
• French: évangéliste (fr) m, f

• German: Evangelist m, Evangelistin f
• Russian: евангели́ст (ru) m (jevangelíst), евангели́стка (ru) f (jevangelístka)

writer of a gospel

• Finnish: evankelista (fi)
• French: évangéliste (fr) m, f
• German: Evangelist m, Evangelistin f
• Hungarian: evangélista (hu)

• Icelandic: guðspjallamaður m
• Polish: ewangelista (pl) m
• Russian: евангели́ст (ru) m (jevangelíst), евангели́стка (ru) f (jevangelístka)
• Swedish: evangelist (sv) c

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

• Finnish: evankelioija

Mormon Church: patriarch

person marked by extreme enthusiasm

• Finnish: kiihkoilija (fi), intoilija (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} évangéliste
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} evangelista
• Persian: انجيلي (enjeeli)

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} evangelista
• Swedish: evangelist c (4, 5)

See also

• missionary
• Christer

Further reading

• 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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Pronunciation

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Noun

evangelist m (plural evangelisten, diminutive evangelistje n)

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
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	evangelist	evangelisten	evangelister	evangelisterna
Genitive	evangelists	evangelistens	evangelisters	evangelisternas