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Synonyms for evangelic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ee-van-jel-i-kuh l, ev-uh n-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌi vænˈdʒɛl ɪ kəl, ˌɛv ən-

Définition of evangelic

Origin :
  • 1530s (adj. and noun), from evangelic (early 15c., from Old French evangelique, from Late Latin evangelicus; see evangelist) + -al (1). In reference to a tendency or school in Protestantism, from mid-18c. Related: Evangelicalism (1831).
  • As in evangelical : adj fundamentalist
Example sentences :
  • Indeed, it is so full of evangelic sweetness, that we must quote it.
  • Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
  • Yet that exorable Russian is less an elevated realist than an evangelic socialist.
  • Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans
  • His choice wavered between the evangelic wistfulness of "Are you saved?"
  • Extract from : « Zuleika Dobson » by Max Beerbohm
  • Verily he opened his mouth to the evangelic lore, who in the old law was wont to open the mouths of the prophets.
  • Extract from : « The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church » by lfric
  • The quarrel that the world has with evangelic men and doctrines, they would have with a host of angels in the human form.
  • Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper
  • Such little patches of evangelic life are happily common in Methodism.
  • Extract from : « Nestleton Magna » by J. Jackson Wray
  • I shall be mistaken, if the evangelic virtues are not increased and fortified in your soul by patience.
  • Extract from : « The Miraculous Medal » by Jean Marie Aladel
  • The heads of the Evangelic Union had been silent but not inactive spectators of the movements in Bohemia.
  • Extract from : « The Thirty Years War, Complete » by Friedrich Schiller
  • Mr. Row rejects the first alternative, and accepts the accuracy of the Evangelic records.
  • Extract from : « The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. » by Annie Besant
  • I have strong feelings on one point—viz.: the necessity of giving to all our movements an evangelic and aggressive character.
  • Extract from : « The Story of My Life » by Egerton Ryerson

Antonyms for evangelic

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