Evangelical

Definitions: Evangelical

Evangelical

Adjective

1. Relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels; "evangelical Christianity"; "an ultraconservative evangelical message".

2. Of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament.

3. Marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause.

Date "evangelical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonym: Evangelical

Synonym: evangelistic (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Evangelical

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Judeo-Christian Revelation	Adjective: scriptural, biblical, sacred, prophetic; evangelical, evangelistic; apostolic, apostolical; inspired, theopneustic, theophneusted, apocalyptic, ecclesiastical, canonical, textuary.
Orthodoxy	Adjective: orthodox, sound, strick, faithful, catholic, schismless, Christian, evangelical, scriptural, divine, monotheistic; true.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Evangelical

English words defined with "evangelical": Baptist Church, Baptists, Billy Graham, Broad Church ♦ Evangelic, Evangelical Alliance, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Union, Evangelically, Evangelicalness, Evangelicism ♦ Graham ♦ revivalism ♦ United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church ♦ Wesleyanism, Wesleyism, William Franklin Graham. (references)

Specialty definitions using "evangelical": Marrow-men, Momiers ♦ television evangelist, TV evangelist. (references)

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Modern Usage: Evangelical

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You have such a fervent, passionate, evangelical faith in this country -- why in the name of God don't you have any faith in the system of government you're so hell-bent to protect? (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Evangelical

Domain	Title
Books	My Day, My Land: A Layman Critically Examines Evangelical Protestantism and Evangelical Seventh-Day Adventism in Light of II Timothy 2 (reference) Evangelical Terrorism: Censorship, Falwell, Robertson & the Seamy Side of Christian Fundamentalism (reference) The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (reference) The call to seriousness : the evangelical impact on the Victorians (reference) The Millennial Maze: Sorting Out Evangelical Options (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Australian Evangelical (reference) Canadian Evangelical Review (reference) Episcopal Evangelical Journal (reference) Evangelical Beacon (reference) Evangelical Magazine Of Wales (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Evangelical

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Photo Album: Evangelical

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Evangelical Baptist Church (1907), Omsk, Russia.Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540.		Saint Paul's Evangelical Reformed Church just north of Weyer's Cave, Rockingham County, Virginia.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Toledo, Ohio. Copy of the anti-British letter shown at an Evangelical church ceremony at which the preacher delivered a hysterical speech, and then burned a copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf.Credit: Library of Congress.		St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Altar at Christmas.Credit: Library of Congress.
	71st Session Illinois Conference, Evangelical Association, Naperville, 1915.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Evangelical

Author	Quotation
Percy Bysshe Shelley	Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Evangelical

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Laos	In addition the Lao Evangelical Church has maintained church buildings in Savannakhet and Pakse. (references)
	Laos	The Front strongly encourages all other Protestant groups to become a part of the Lao Evangelical Church. (references)
	Colombia	The FARC also levied "war taxes" on Roman Catholic and evangelical churches and schools in the despeje and elsewhere. (references)
Economic History	Denmark	Religion: Evangelical Lutheran (about 97%). (references)
	Lesotho	Religions: 80% Christian, including Roman Catholic (majority), Lesotho Evangelical, Anglican, other denominations. (references)
	Iceland	About 91% of the population belong to the state church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, or other Lutheran Churches. (references)
Human Rights	Laos	In November a Lao Evangelical Church pastor was shot and killed by an unknown assailant near his home in Sayaboury Province. (references)
Indigenous People	Ecuador	The three main indigenous groups--CONAIE, the Federation of Indigenous and Black Peasants of Ecuador (FENOCIN), and the Federation of Evangelical Indigenous of Ecuador (FEINE)--tabled 23 topics for discussion, including the claims by indigenous groups for indemnities over lives lost during the protests. (references)
Minorities	Yugoslavia	On April 1, unknown vandals broke the windows of an evangelical church in Subotica, Vojvodina. (references)
Political Economy	Jordan	The evangelical Christian community reported fewer incidents of governmental harassment during the year. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Evangelical

"Evangelical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.09% of the time. "Evangelical" is used about 409 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	96.09%	393	14,149
Noun (proper)	3.91%	16	87,710
Total	100.00%	409	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Evangelical

Expressions using "evangelical": Evangelical Alliance ♦ Evangelical Church ♦ Evangelical Union. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "evangelical": evangelical-baptist, evangelical-state.
	Ending with "evangelical": non-evangelical.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Evangelical

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
evangelical free church	98	christian evangelical school	15
evangelical	73	evangelical lutheran synod	13
evangelical lutheran church in america	56	church evangelical first free	12
church covenant evangelical	47	southern evangelical seminary	11
evangelical hospital	43	evangelical covenant	10
church evangelical	38	accountability council evangelical financial	9
church evangelical lutheran	38	evangelical press	9
community evangelical hospital	38	association evangelical training	9
trinity evangelical divinity school	37	church evangelical free fullerton	8
america church evangelical free	35	trinity evangelical seminary	8
canada evangelical fellowship	32	alliance evangelical	8
church evangelical presbyterian	32	evangelical catholic	8
christian evangelical publisher	29	alliance evangelical mission	8
america church evangelical lutheran	27	columbia evangelical seminary	7
evangelical free	26	garrett evangelical theological seminary	7
evangelical lutheran synod wisconsin	21	church crystal evangelical free	7
evangelical christian credit union	18	evangelical seminary	7
evangelical christian	18	church evangelical faith free	7
evangelical lutheran	16	church evangelical first free fullerton	6
evangelical theological society	15	evangelical hospital lewisburg	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Evangelical

Language		Translations for "evangelical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ungjillor (evangelic, evangelist), i ungjillit (evangelic). (various references)

Arabic		‏إنجبلى, ‏بروتستانتى (evangelic). (various references)

Bulgarian		евангелски (evangelic), евангелистки (evangelic), евангелист (evangelist). (various references)

Chinese		福音派 (Evangelic, Evangelically). (various references)

Czech		evangelický (evangelic). (various references)

Dutch		EWA (World Evangelical Fellowship), EVP (European People's Party, Evangelical People's Party), Evangelisch-Lutherse Kerk in Nederland (Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Netherlands), Evangelische Wereldalliantie (World Evangelical Fellowship), Evangelische Volkspartij (Evangelical People's Party), Evangelische Omroep (Evangelical Broadcasting Association). (various references)

Farsi		پروتستان , مژده دهنده . (various references)

Finnish		evankelinen. (various references)

French		évangélique (evangelic). (various references)

German		evangelisch (evangelic, protestant). (various references)

Greek		ευαγγελικόσ. (various references)

Hebrew		או� �'לי. (various references)

Hungarian		evangéliumi (evangelic), evangélikus (evangelic, lutheran), protestáns (consistory, holy rollers, protestant, reformed). (various references)

Indonesian		evangelis (evangelist). (various references)

Italian		evangelico (evangelic, Protestant). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		福音教会 (Evangelical Church). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふくい�"きょうかい (Evangelical Church). (various references)

Korean		복음 (Evangelic). (various references)

Manx		sushtallagh (evangelic, gospel, gospeller, missionary, preaching the Gospel). (various references)

Pig Latin		evangelicalay

Portuguese		evangélico (evangelic, evangelism). (various references)

Romanian		evanghelic (evangelic, gospel, protestant). (various references)

Russian		евангелический (evangelic). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		jevanđelski (evangelic). (various references)

Spanish		evangélico (evangelic, evangelistic). (various references)

Swedish		evangelisk (evangelic). (various references)

Thai		เกี่ยวกับเรื่องราวชีวิตและคำสั่งสอนของพระเยซูทั้ง 4 ชุ�"ในคัม� ีร์ไบเบิล (ไ�"้แก่ แมทธิว, มาร�, เกี่ยวกับศาสนาคริสต์นิกายโปรแตสแตนท์ที่ศาสนิกชนของนิกายนี้เชื่อถือในคัม� ีร์ไบเบิลและก, ซึ่งกระตือรือร้นที่จะสนับสนุนในเรื่องใ�"เรื่องหนึ่งและต้องการให้คนอื่นเชื่อเหมือนกับตั (evangelic). (various references)

Turkish		protestanlığa ait (evangelic), incil'i öğretmeyle ilgili (evangelic), incil'e ait (evangelic). (various references)

Ukranian		�"вангельський (evangelic), �"вангелічний (evangelic), потестантський. (various references)

Welsh		efengylaidd. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Evangelical

Derivations
	Words beginning with "evangelical": evangelically, evangelicals. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Evangelical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Evangeliar, evangelica, evangilical. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Evangelical"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "evangelical" (pronounced ē'vanje"likul)
6	-e" l i k u l	helical.
5	-l i k u l	cyclical, diabolical, encyclical, umbilical.
4	-i k u l	acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, critical, cubicle, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, fanatical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, gynecological, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, whimsical, zoological.
3	-k u l	aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Evangelical

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-g-i-l-l-n-v"
	-1 letter: allegiance.
	-2 letters: angelical, elegiacal, evangelic, galenical, villenage.
	-3 letters: alienage, alliance, ancillae, angelica, avellane, canaille, cleavage, cleaving, gallican, galvanic, leveling, valencia, valiance.
	-4 letters: ancilla, angelic, anglice, avellan, calling, calving, canella, celling, elegiac, enclave, evangel, galenic, galilee, gallein, glacial, leaving, lineage, nacelle, vaginae, vaginal, valance, valence, vanilla, vealing, village.
	-5 letters: aecial, agnail, alevin, allege, alvine, anlace, anlage.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-e-g-i-l-l-n-v"
	+1 letter: evangelicals.
	+2 letters: evangelically.
	+5 letters: evangelistically.
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