English noun: evangelist |
1. | evangelist (person) a preacher of the Christian gospel |
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| Synonyms | gospeler, gospeller, revivalist |
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| Broader (hypernym) | preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | televangelist |
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| Instance hyponym | Aimee Semple McPherson, Billy Graham, Billy Sunday, Dwight Lyman Moody, Graham, McPherson, Moody, Oral Roberts, Roberts, Sunday, William Ashley Sunday, William Franklin Graham |
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2. | Evangelist (person) (when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John |
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| Broader (hypernym) | spiritual leader |
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| Instance hyponym | John, John the Divine, John the Evangelist, Levi, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Saint John, Saint John the Apostle, Saint Luke, Saint Mark, Saint Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, St. John, St. John the Apostle, St. Luke, St. Mark, St. Matthew, St. Matthew the Apostle |
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