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gospel /gosˈpəl/ noun- The teaching of Christ
- A narrative of the life of Christ, esp one of those included in the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
- The principles laid down in these gospels
- The stated portion of these read at a religious service
- Any strongly advocated principle or system
- Absolute truth (informal)
- A type of ardently religious music developed from the spirituals of black Americans of the Southern states
transitive verb (Shakespeare)To instruct in the gospel ORIGIN: OE godspel(l), a transl of L evangelium, from gōd good (with shortened vowel being understood as God God) and spel(l) story gosˈpelize or gosˈpelise, also gosˈpellize or gosˈpellise transitive verb - To evangelize (rare)
- To square with the gospel (obsolete)
gosˈpeller noun - A preacher
- An evangelist
- A Wycliffite, Protestant or Puritan (often in derision; historical)
- A person who reads the gospel in church
gospel side noun The north side or gospeller's side of the altar, opp to epistle side |