evangelist

See also: Evangelist

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French evangeliste, from ecclesiastical (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin evangelista, from ecclesiastical (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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, 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, 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, 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
• technology evangelist
• evangelism marketing

Related terms

• angel
• angelic
• evangel
• evangelism
• evangelize

Translations

itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist

• Arabic: مُبَشِّر (mubaššir)
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: evangelist (nl) m
• Finnish: matkasaarnaaja
• French: évangéliste (fr) m or f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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 or f
• German: Evangelist m, Evangelistin f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: евангели́ст (ru) m (jevangelíst), евангели́стка (ru) f (jevangelístka)
• Welsh: efengylwr m

writer of a gospel

• Czech: evangelista m
• Danish: evangelist c
• Finnish: evankelista (fi)
• French: évangéliste (fr) m or f
• German: Evangelist m
• Hungarian: evangélista (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: guðspjallamaður m
• Polish: ewangelista (pl) m
• Russian: евангели́ст (ru) m (jevangelíst), евангели́стка (ru) f (jevangelístka)
• Swedish: evangelist (sv) c
• Welsh: efengylwr m

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

• Finnish: evankelioija
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Mormon Church: patriarch

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

person marked by extreme enthusiasm

• Finnish: kiihkoilija (fi), intoilija (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} évangéliste (fr)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Evangelistin f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} evangelista (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Persian: انجيلي (enjeeli)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} evangelista (es)
• (deprecated template usage) Swedish: evangelist c (4, 5)

See also

• missionary
• Christer

Further reading

• “evangelist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “evangelist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• gavestinel

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Pronunciation

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Noun

evangelist m (plural evangelisten, diminutive evangelistje n)

1. (Christianity) evangelist
2. (Christianity) Writer of one of the gospels
3. (Christianity) Preacher in an evangelist church
4. (Protestantism) missionary in a Christian environment

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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