evangelist | | |
n. (person) | 1. evangelist, gospeler, gospeller, revivalist | a preacher of the Christian gospel. |
| ~ preacher, preacher man, sermoniser, sermonizer | someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel. |
| ~ televangelist | an evangelist who conducts services on television. |
| ~ billy graham, graham, william franklin graham | United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918). |
| ~ aimee semple mcpherson, mcpherson | United States evangelist (born in Canada) noted for her extravagant religious services (1890-1944). |
| ~ dwight lyman moody, moody | United States evangelist (1837-1899). |
| ~ oral roberts, roberts | United States evangelist (born 1918). |
| ~ billy sunday, william ashley sunday, sunday | United States evangelist (1862-1935). |
n. (person) | 2. evangelist | (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. |
| ~ spiritual leader | a leader in religious or sacred affairs. |
| ~ john the divine, john the evangelist, saint john, saint john the apostle, st. john, st. john the apostle, john | (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation. |
| ~ luke, saint luke, st. luke | (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel. |
| ~ saint mark, st. mark, mark | Apostle and companion of Saint Peter; assumed to be the author of the second Gospel. |
| ~ levi, matthew, saint matthew, saint matthew the apostle, st. matthew, st. matthew the apostle | (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel. |
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