evangel

evangel 1[ih-van-juh l] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. the good tidings of the redemption of the world through Jesus Christ; the gospel.
2. (usually initial capital letter) any of the four Gospels.
3. doctrine taken as a guide or regarded as of prime importance.
4. good news or tidings.

Origin of evangel 1 1300–50; Middle English Late Latin evangelium Greek euangélion good news (see eu-, angel); replacing Middle English evangile Middle French evangel 2[ih-van-juh l] noun

1. an evangelist.

Origin of evangel 2 1585–95; Late Latin evangelus Greek euángelos (adj.) bringing good news. See evangel1 Examples from the Web for evangel Historical Examples of evangel

It would be an evangel to every young person in whose hands it might be placed.

Almost A Man

Mary Wood-Allen

Its spirit is the spirit of our law, and its religion is the evangel of our political faith.

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence

Various

He was the prophet of a new order, the evangel of a new faith.

A Daughter of the Middle Border

Hamlin Garland

Paris took the lead in opposition to the new Evangel by its Academic decrees of 1521.

John Knox

A. Taylor Innes

Shall not His Evangel be accused as the cause of all calamity which is like to follow?

John Knox

A. Taylor Innes

British Dictionary definitions for evangel evangel noun

1. archaic the gospel of Christianity
2. (often capital) any of the four Gospels of the New Testament
3. any body of teachings regarded as central or basic
4. US an evangelist

Word Origin for evangel C14: from Church Latin ēvangelium, from Greek evangelion good news, from eu- + angelos messenger; see angel Word Origin and History for evangel n.

mid-14c., “gospel,” from Old French evangile, from Church Latin evangelium, from Greek evangelion (see evangelism).