Evangelical
- Adjective. Of, or relating to any of several Christian Churches that believe in the sole authority of the gospels.
- Adjective. Of, or relating to Protestant (especially Lutheran) Churches in Germany.
- Adjective. Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament.
- Adjective. Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general.
- Adjective. Protestant; specifically, designating European churches which were originally Lutheran rather than Calvinist.
- Adjective. Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).
- Adjective. Zealously enthusiastic.
- Noun. A member of an evangelical church.
- Noun. An advocate of evangelicalism.
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