"evangelical" meaning in English

See evangelical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /iːvænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evangelical.wav Forms: more evangelical [comparative], most evangelical [superlative]
Etymology: From evangelic + -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|evangelic|al}} evangelic + -al, {{der|en|fro|evangelique}} Old French evangelique, {{der|en|la|evangelium}} Latin evangelium, {{der|en|grc|εὐαγγέλιον||good news}} Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} evangelical (comparative more evangelical, superlative most evangelical)
  1. Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general. Translations (pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general): ወንጌላዊ (wängelawi) (Amharic), evangèlic (Catalan), evangelisk (Danish), evangelisch (Dutch), évangélique (French), evangelisch (German), evangelikal (German), soiscéalach (Irish), evaņģelisks (Latvian), evanġeliku (Maltese), evangelisk (Norwegian Bokmål), evangelisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), ewangelijny (Polish), ewangeliczny (Polish), ева́нгельский (jevángelʹskij) (Russian), evanđeòskī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), עוואַנגעליסטיש (Evangelistish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-evangelical-en-adj-LeliNNx~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 9 25 19 25 0 1 3 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general': 67 13 5 13 2 0
  2. Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.
    Sense id: en-evangelical-en-adj-zv-oPk6N
  3. Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America. Translations (Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches): ewangelicki (Polish)
    Sense id: en-evangelical-en-adj-RFBXVyMT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Amharic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 9 25 19 25 0 1 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 13 7 37 18 19 0 1 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 7 29 19 22 0 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 7 31 18 21 0 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 6 36 15 23 0 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Amharic translations: 14 5 37 21 18 0 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 8 36 23 14 1 1 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 10 5 48 18 14 1 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 7 35 20 18 0 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 7 36 20 18 0 1 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 7 35 20 18 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 7 40 21 15 1 1 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 11 6 35 24 14 1 1 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 12 7 38 21 15 1 1 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 11 6 35 24 15 1 1 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 13 4 46 19 16 0 0 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 9 34 23 15 1 1 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 5 37 21 18 0 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 11 7 36 23 14 1 1 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 14 10 31 23 17 1 1 3 Disambiguation of 'Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches': 5 4 68 20 3 0
  4. Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism). Translations (Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion): ewangelikalny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-evangelical-en-adj-XQsgi9xt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 9 25 19 25 0 1 3 Disambiguation of 'Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion': 13 7 17 61 2 0
  5. Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah.
    Sense id: en-evangelical-en-adj-DcuzZCPn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 9 25 19 25 0 1 3
  6. Zealously enthusiastic.
    Sense id: en-evangelical-en-adj-RHh7HH-3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: evangelic

Noun

IPA: /iːvænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evangelical.wav Forms: evangelicals [plural]
Etymology: From evangelic + -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|evangelic|al}} evangelic + -al, {{der|en|fro|evangelique}} Old French evangelique, {{der|en|la|evangelium}} Latin evangelium, {{der|en|grc|εὐαγγέλιον||good news}} Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} evangelical (plural evangelicals)
  1. A member of an evangelical church Translations (member of an evangelical church): ewangelik [masculine] (Polish), ewangeliczka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-evangelical-en-noun-v0dEOSU1 Disambiguation of 'member of an evangelical church': 100 0
  2. An advocate of evangelicalism
    Sense id: en-evangelical-en-noun-GxiZKIfs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: evangelicalism, evangelically, evangelicalness, open evangelical Related terms: evangel, evangelise, evangeliser, evangelism, evangelist, evangelistic, evangelistical, evangelistically, evangelize, evangelizer

Inflected forms

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