单词 | evangelist |
释义 | evangelist /i van"jeuh list/, n. 1. a Protestant minister or layperson who serves as an itinerant or special preacher, esp. a revivalist. 2. a preacher of the gospel. 3. (cap.) any of the writers (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) of the four Gospels. 4. (in the primitive church) a person who first brought the gospel to a city or region. 5. (cap.) Mormon Ch. a patriarch. 6. a person marked by evangelical enthusiasm for or support of any cause. [1125-75; ME evangeliste < L evangelista < Gk euangelistés. See EVANGEL1, -IST] |
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