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# evangelical

adjective (evangelical, more evangelical); noun (an evangelical, evangelicals)

«evangelical» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (church) Evangelical describes Christians and churches that put great weight on the Bible, on a personal faith in Jesus and on telling others the good news. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evangelical/#m1)
2. (church) An evangelical is a person who belongs to this kind of Christianity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evangelical/#m2)
3. Very keen and eager to persuade others about something you believe in, like a cause or a hobby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evangelical/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories and lessons on church life it tells the reader what kind of church or believer someone is: lively worship, Bible study, sharing faith. In everyday talk «evangelical about» means wildly enthusiastic: «evangelical about recycling». Phrases: evangelical church, evangelical Christian, evangelical zeal.

### Examples

- Our neighbours go to an evangelical church on the corner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evangelical/#x1)
- Evangelical Christians believe that each person can have a personal friendship with God. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evangelical/#x2)
- The evangelical preacher spoke about the good news of Jesus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evangelical/#x3)
- Many evangelicals read the Bible every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evangelical/#x4)
- My uncle is evangelical about cycling and tells everyone to get a bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evangelical/#x5)
- She was almost evangelical about her new vegetable diet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evangelical/#x6)
- The evangelical youth group sang songs at the summer camp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evangelical/#x7)

### Note

Comes from «evangel», an old word for the gospel, the «good news». Capital letter is optional but common when naming a group. Not the same as «evangelist» (a person who preaches the gospel, or one of the four Gospel writers). The everyday sense «very keen» is a bit of a joke-comparison; it is not about religion.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «evangelical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evangelical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«evangelical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/evangelical.html) on Mova free.