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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'Evangelist' Resulted in 2 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 2 Definitions Evangelist noun  A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), (also evangelist.) Translations:  German: Evangelist,       evangelist noun  a person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause (context, pejorative) an unquestioning religious fanatic 1992, J. D. Douglas, Who's Who in Christian History, ISBN 0842310142, http://books.google.com/books?id=yl8qy2l9TIAC&pg=PA94&dq=evangelist+unquestioning+OR+fanatic+OR+lunatic+OR+psychotic+date:1980-2007&sig=K25FY1Qu4mcZXa-_eyDEaJB7ZP8 p. 94 :Booth, William (1829-1912) English ; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning obedience. 1994, Frank Lambert, "Pedlar in Divinity", ISBN 0691096163, http://books.google.com/books?id=w7NUPvmWpUQC&pg=PA10&ots=ArVCFJLYcq&dq=evangelist+unquestioning+OR+fanatic+OR+lunatic+OR+psychotic+date:1980-2007&sig=gmkIQWMtHO7Ba-Fieol6W-oZoJY p. 10 :Yet in the spreading consumer market of the mid-1700s, his renditions competed with others offering a far different account of the and his message. The famous artist William Hogarth mocked Whitefield in two engravings presenting the revivalist as a religious fanatic who held sway over the superstitious lower orders. 1996, Peter J. Conn, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography, ISBN 0521639891, http://books.google.com/books?id=fxeiP7INFNcC&pg=PA149&dq=evangelist+unquestioning+OR+fanatic+OR+lunatic+OR+psychotic+date:1980-2007&sig=YVtwATzSjTIJfNxbsguj5ZV6U9U p. 149 :The film implies that the , as a type, is a fanatic, a sanctimonious prig, and ultimately a hypocrite. (Christianity) an itinerant or special preacher, especially of revivalists a preacher of the gospel a writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually Evangelist (in primitive Church) a person who first brought the gospel to a city or region (Mormon Church) a patriarch Translations:  French: évangéliste German: Evangelist (3) Italian: evangelista Spanish: evangelista Etymology: From Old (and modern) French évangéliste, from ecclesiastical Latin evangelista, from ecclesiastical Greek á (euangelistes) "bringer of good news", from á "evangelize", from á "bringing good news", from - (eu) "good" + á "to announce".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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