单词 | televangelist |
释义 | televangelistn. Originally U.S. An evangelical preacher who appears regularly on television to preach and appeal for funds. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > evangelization > [noun] > through television > one who evangelizes television evangelist1950 TV evangelist1953 televangelist1973 televangelical1982 1973 Time 5 Mar. 66/1 (caption) Televangelist Rex Humbard with map showing TV broadcast centers. 1986 Washington Post 5 Feb. c11/1 A study..performed by the A. C. Nielson Co. found that 34 million people watched one of the top 10 tele-evangelists during the month studied. 1987 Independent 26 Mar. 9/8 With mutual hatreds now so vividly exposed, the ‘televangelists’ may find it difficult in future to retain the support of their flocks. 1995 P. Conroy Beach Music (1996) xxii. 371 She found us watching a televangelist warning his audience that Armageddon was almost here. 2004 New Yorker 6 Dec. 74/2 Copeland, Pearsons, and their fellow-ministers represent a new generation of televangelists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1973 |
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