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e⋅van⋅ge⋅list
[i-van-juh-list] 
–noun
| 1. | a Protestant minister or layperson who serves as an itinerant or special preacher, esp. a revivalist. |
| 2. | a preacher of the gospel. |
| 3. | (initial capital letter ) any of the writers (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) of the four Gospels. |
| 4. | (in the primitive church) a person who first brought the gospel to a city or region. |
| 5. | (initial capital letter) Mormon Church. a patriarch. |
| 6. | a person marked by evangelical enthusiasm for or support of any cause. |
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Evangelist
E*van"gel*ist\, n. [F. ['e]vang['e]liste, L. evangelista, fr. Gr. ?.] A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance. The Apostles, so far as they evangelized, might claim the tittle though there were many evangelists who were not Apistles. --Plumptre.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Evangelist
Spanish:
evangelista,
German:
der Evangelist, der Wanderprediger,
Japanese:
福音伝導者
evangelist
c.1175, "Matthew, Mark, Luke or John," from L.L. evangelista, from Gk. evangelistes "preacher of the gospel," lit. "bringer of good news," from evangelizesthai "bring good news," from eu- "good" + angellein "announce," from angelos "messenger." In early Gk. Christian texts, the word was used of the four supposed authors of the narrative gospels. Meaning "itinerant preacher" was another early Church usage, revived in M.E. (1382). Evangelical as a school or branch of Protestantism is from 1747.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Evangelist
a "publisher of glad tidings;" a missionary preacher of the gospel (Eph. 4:11). This title is applied to Philip (Acts 21:8), who appears to have gone from city to city preaching the word (8:4, 40). Judging from the case of Philip, evangelists had neither the authority of an apostle, nor the gift of prophecy, nor the responsibility of pastoral supervision over a portion of the flock. They were itinerant preachers, having it as their special function to carry the gospel to places where it was previously unknown. The writers of the four Gospels are known as the Evangelists.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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