dʒə noun
1.
a Protestant minister or layperson who serves as an itinerant or special preacher, especially 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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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | an occasional preacher, sometimes itinerant and often preaching at meetings in the open air |
| 2. | a preacher of the Christian gospel |
| 3. | any zealous advocate of a cause |
| 4. | another word for revivalist |
| Evangelist (ɪˈvændʒɪlɪst) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any of the writers of the New Testament Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John |
| 2. | a senior official or dignitary of the Mormon Church |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
evangelist
late 12c., "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. (late 14c.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Evangelist definition
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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