Definition of "evangel" [e•van•gel]

• The Christian gospel. (noun)
• An evangelist. (noun)

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• "It seems to me that certain evangel-nazi leaders want to spread their version of ‘christianity’ by controlling government executive functions, legislative actions and judicial interpretations."
• "This closely corresponds to the Christian term, which, as derived from the Greek, reads "evangel" and in its Saxon equivalent "gospel" or "good tidings.""
• "We need to be evangelicals in the sense of making the "evangel" the centre and boundary of our theology."