Meaning of “evangelical” in the English Dictionary

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evangelicaladjective

uk /ˌiː.vænˈdʒel.ɪ.kəl/ us /ˌiː.vænˈdʒel.ɪ.kəl/

evangelical adjective (RELIGION)

› 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 movement

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Christian denominations

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evangelical adjective (OPINIONS)

› having very strong beliefs and often trying to persuade other people to have the same beliefs:

Why is it that people who've given up smoking become so evangelical and intolerant of other smokers?

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Excited, interested and enthusiastic

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evangelical

noun [ C ] uk us

›

The new Archbishop is an evangelical.

evangelicalism

noun [ U ] uk /ˌiː.vænˈdʒel.ɪ.kəl.ɪ.zəm/ us /ˌiː.vænˈdʒel.ɪ.kəl.ɪ.zəm/

(Definition of “evangelical” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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(Definition of “evangelical” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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