evangelist has definitions from the fields of religion,Christianity,New Testament
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[ noun ] (religion,Christianity) a preacher of the Christian gospel

Used in print

(Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)

a former Democratic candidate for President , a New_Deal poet , the magazine 's chief editorial writer , two newspaper_columnists , head of a national broadcasting_company , a popular Protestant evangelist , etc. .

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[ noun ] (when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
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