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evangelist

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evangelist (plural evangelists)

(Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
(Bible) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually Evangelist.
(primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
(Mormon Church) A patriarch.
A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
- 1992, J. D. Douglas, Who's Who in Christian History, ISBN 0842310142, p. 94.
  Booth, William (1829-1912) English evangelist; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning obedience.
- 1994, Frank Lambert, "Pedlar in Divinity", ISBN 0691096163, p. 10.
  Yet in the spreading consumer market of the mid-1700s, his renditions competed with others offering a far different account of the evangelist and his message. The famous artist William Hogarth mocked Whitefield in two engravings presenting the revivalist as a religious fanatic who held sway over the superstitious lower orders.
- 1996, Peter J. Conn, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography, ISBN 0521639891, p. 149.
  The film implies that the evangelist, as a type, is a fanatic, a sanctimonious prig, and ultimately a hypocrite.
(computing) A person hired to promote a particular technology.

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Evangelist

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evangelist (plural evangelists)

(biblical) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), (also evangelist.)

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