From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishevangeliste‧van‧ge‧list /ɪˈvændʒɪlɪst/ noun [countable] 1 RRCsomeone who travels to different places and tries to persuade people to become Christians2 → Evangelist —evangelism noun [uncountable] —evangelistic /ɪˌvændʒəˈlɪstɪk◂/ adjective his evangelistic work
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evangelist• At this point it may be helpful to try and distinguish between a witness and an evangelist.• Change the way you look and feel for ever, says Powter, with the fervor of an evangelist.• Though the voice of humanitarians and evangelists was heard.• And this the canonical evangelists stress, each in his own way.• It is humbling to think of old women as major evangelists of the nation!• A Presbyterian evangelist converted Sarah, but left her with more feelings of guilt than of grace.• But on Thursday, the evangelist is back for a three-day crusade.• He was friendly to evangelists but was unmoved by their calls for his conversion.EvangelistEvangelistRRCone of the four writers of the books in the Bible called the Gospels → evangelistOrigin evangelist (1100-1200) Old French evangeliste, from Greek euangelion “good news, gospel”, from eu- “good” + angelos “someone who brings a message” 