godspell

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Old English

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Etymology

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Analysed as God +‎ spell, literally God-message, an alteration of earlier gōdspell (good news), from gōd (good) +‎ spell (message, news), a calque from Ecclesiastical Latin bona annūntiātiō or bonus nūntius, which was a then-current explanation of the meaning of Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, good news).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡodˌspell/, [ˈɡodˌspeɫ]

Noun

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godspell n

  1. gospel

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