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evangelical
adjective (RELIGION) /ˌiː.vænˈdʒel.ɪ.kəl/Definition
› belonging to one of the Protestant Churches or Christian groups that believe the teaching of the Bible and persuading other people to join them to be extremely important: the Evangelical movementChristian denominationsThe Roman Catholic Church evangelical
noun [C] › The new Archbishop is an evangelical.Christian denominationsThe Roman Catholic Church evangelicalism
/-ɪ.zəm/ noun [U] Christian denominationsThe Roman Catholic Church
(Definition of evangelical adjective (RELIGION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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