gospelnoun
uk/ˈɡɒs.pəl/us/ˈɡɑː.spəl/gospel noun (CHRISTIANITY)
[ C ] any of the four books of the Bible that contain details of the life of Jesus Christ:
St Mark's Gospel/the Gospel according to St Mark
the gospel [ S ]
the teachings of Jesus Christ:
to preach/spread the gospel
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The Bible - people, events & places
- Adam
- annunciation
- apocalypse
- Armageddon
- bible
- Goliath
- Jesus Christ
- Judgment Day
- Madonna
- manna
- resurrection
- the ark
- the Beatitudes
- the Blessed Virgin
- the Day of Judgment
- the Old Testament
- the Second Coming
- the Ten Commandments
- the Torah
- verse
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gospel noun (TRUTH)
[ U ] informal also gospel truth the complete truth:
If Mary tells you something, you can take it as gospel.
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Reality and truth
- a slice of life idiom
- actuality
- apothegm
- authenticity
- fact
- home truth
- immediacy
- McCoy
- practice
- real life
- slice
- the genuine article idiom
- the real McCoy
- the real thing 1
- the real world 2
- truism
- truth will out idiom
- veracity
- verisimilitude
- verity
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gospel noun (MUSIC)
[ U ] also gospel music a style of religious music originally performed by black Americans
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Types of music
- ambient music
- anthemic
- atonal
- backing
- bhangra
- blues
- easy listening
- elegiac
- elevator music
- funk
- goth
- melodic
- popular music
- raga
- ragga
- Rastafarian
- reggae
- unaccompanied
- unplayable
- world music
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gospel noun (BELIEFS)
[ S ] literary a set of principles or ideas that someone believes in:
the gospel of hard work
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Believing
- article of faith
- ascribe sth to sb
- belief
- believe
- believe in sth
- credit
- evidently
- feel
- feel it in your bones idiom
- give sb the benefit of the doubt idiom
- incline to/towards sth
- kid
- seeing is believing idiom
- self-delusion
- stock
- swear by sth
- take sb's word for it idiom
- take sth as read idiom
- under
- word
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