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EVANGELICAL

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e⋅van⋅gel⋅i⋅cal

  [ee-van-jel-i-kuhl, ev-uhn-]
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–adjective
1. Also, e⋅van⋅gel⋅ic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.
2. belonging to or designating the Christian churches that emphasize the teachings and authority of the Scriptures, esp. of the New Testament, in opposition to the institutional authority of the church itself, and that stress as paramount the tenet that salvation is achieved by personal conversion to faith in the atonement of Christ.
3. designating Christians, esp. of the late 1970s, eschewing the designation of fundamentalist but holding to a conservative interpretation of the Bible.
4. pertaining to certain movements in the Protestant churches in the 18th and 19th centuries that stressed the importance of personal experience of guilt for sin, and of reconciliation to God through Christ.
5. marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause.
–noun
6. an adherent of evangelical doctrines or a person who belongs to an evangelical church or party.
Origin:
1525–35; < LL evangelicus (< LGk euangelikós; see evangel 1 , -ic ) + -al 1

Related forms:
e⋅van⋅gel⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
e⋅van⋅gel⋅i⋅cal⋅ness, e⋅van⋅gel⋅i⋅cal⋅i⋅ty, noun
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e·van·gel·i·cal   (ē'vān-jěl'ĭ-kəl, ěv'ən-)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or in accordance with the Christian gospel, especially one of the four gospel books of the New Testament.

  2. Evangelical Of, relating to, or being a Protestant church that founds its teaching on the gospel.

  3. Evangelical Of, relating to, or being a Christian church believing in the sole authority and inerrancy of the Bible, in salvation only through regeneration, and in a spiritually transformed personal life.

  4. Evangelical

    1. Of or relating to the Lutheran churches in Germany and Switzerland.

    2. Of or relating to all Protestant churches in Germany.

  5. Of or relating to the group in the Church of England that stresses personal conversion and salvation by faith.

  6. Characterized by ardent or crusading enthusiasm; zealous: an evangelical liberal.

n.  Evangelical A member of an evangelical church or party.
e'van·gel'i·cal·ly adv.
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Cultural Dictionary

evangelical

A member of any of various Christian churches that believes in the sole authority of the literal Bible, a salvation only through regeneration, or rebirth, and a spiritually transformed personal life.

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