Definition of evangelism
1 : the winning or revival of personal commitments to Christ
2 : militant or crusading zeal
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Oregon’s Democrats are, apparently, only interested in one type of evangelism.
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Instead, the seat is almost certain to be claimed back by the Conservatives, whose candidate reflects the party’s drift toward pro-Brexit evangelism under May.
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His grandfather, fighting that huckster stereotype, asked three male colleagues to help him make a list of things that could hurt evangelism.
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Later, at DeWitt Clinton High School, in the Bronx, where some white boys mocked his teen-age evangelism, there were others, such as Avedon and the writer Emile Capouya, who defended him.
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DeLillo, the most perceptive (almost occult) chronicler of contemporary life, has not invented the Convergence out of whole cloth: Its DNA comes from an old evangelism dressed in a new rhetoric and streaming out of Silicon Valley.
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An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.
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First Known Use of evangelism
circa 1626
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