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Meaning of 'evangelical' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Evangelical [ a.]
- Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.
- Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.
- Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone"; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.
2 . Evangelical [ n.]
- One of evangelical principles.

Meaning of 'evangelical' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . evangelical [ a]
Meaning (1):
- relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels
Example in sentence:
  • an ultraconservative evangelical message;
  • evangelical Christianity

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