单词 | evangelistic |
释义 | evangelisticadj. 1. Of or pertaining to the Four Evangelists. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > New Testament > Gospel > [adjective] > writer of evangelistic1845 1845 W. Bromet in Archæol. XXXI. 498 At the angles [of an Incised Slab] are the evangelistic symbols. 1850 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns 108 These are they, the symbols mystic Of the forms Evangelistic. 1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. xxii. 7–8 The evangelistic narrative of the ridicule endured by the Crucified One. 2. Of or pertaining to preachers of the Gospel. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > evangelization > [adjective] evangelizingc1384 gospelling1566 seminary1609 evangelisticala1651 evangelical1651 gracy1848 evangelistic1860 come-to-Jesus1876 1860 C. J. Ellicott Hist. Lect. Life Our Lord vii. 281 The fulfilment of type and shadow of the hopes of patriarchs..must be declared by the whole Evangelistic company. 1886 Q. Rev. 163 122 Apparatus, necessary for their [missionaries'] educational and evangelistic labours. 3. Pertaining to the Evangelical school. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > [adjective] > denying good works or sacraments evangelical1791 evangelic1812 evangelican1847 evangelistic1847 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. viii. 142 The Voluntary controversy united Evangelistic Dissent and Roman Catholicism by the bonds of a common cause. Draft additions 1993 4. transferred. Of or pertaining to evangelism (sense Additions b); characterized by passionate advocacy. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > exhortatory adhortatory1534 exhortatory1544 exhortative1564 admonishinga1569 hortatory1586 hortative1623 stem-winding1867 evangelical1952 evangelistic1961 1961 London News (London Labour Party) July 2/5 ‘Whatever makes you interested in Local Government?’.. Real happiness and satisfaction is found in doing for others... Does this sound priggish, evangelistic, dull? 1979 Internat. Jrnl. Sociol. of Law 7 310 Alan Macfarlane..reiterates the importance of such local studies, although not in quite the evangelistic terms of his recent work on Reconstructing Historical Communities. 1986 Times 24 July 18/5 King's men are not flyers—they are dour, evangelistic Heads of Public Affairs.., suave, assured chief executives [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1845 |
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