Definition of Evangelical
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(a.) Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.
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(a.) Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.
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(a.) Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of \"Justification by Faith alone\"; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.
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(n.) One of evangelical principles.
Antonyms of Evangelical
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Homophones of Evangelical
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