evangelical

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels
adjective of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
adjective marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause

From evangelic + -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).

Lucky received Evangelical ordination in New York. — Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ, Aaron Bernstein
They are two of the few remaining Evangelical school. — Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, Thomas Hardy
He keeps to the truth in what is evangelical. — Middlemarch, George Eliot

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