televangelist
noun
tel·evan·ge·list
ˌte-li-ˈvan-jə-list 
: an evangelist who conducts regularly televised religious programs
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Deion was in town, away from his duties at the time as a pro football player in the nation’s capital, for one of famed televangelists Paula and Randy White’s gospel extravaganzas.
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Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
In 2021, Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield starred in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, with Chastain, 45, winning Best Actress at the 94th Oscars for her portrayal of the famed televangelist who died at age 65 in 2007 after colon cancer spread to her lungs.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022
In 2018, Christians United for Israel, the influential Christian Zionist organization led by the televangelist John C. Hagee, presented Ms. Haley with the organization’s Defender of Israel award.
—Charles Homans, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
Terhune is intimate with this working-class portrait of America, its fences, porch flags, televangelists, crop prices and ragged men wandering roads with cardboard signs.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
After the 9/11 attacks, Robertson agreed with fellow televangelist Jerry Falwell that God allowed the terrorists to succeed because America had moved to the left and removed religion from the mainstream.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 8 June 2023
And in 2008, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee used his skills honed as a televangelist and pastor to capture the GOP’s imagination.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
Pat Robertson, the influential broadcaster, televangelist and one-time presidential candidate, has died, the Christian Broadcasting Network said.
—Gareth Vipers, WSJ, 8 June 2023
The comedy series tells the story of the titular Gemstone family, who are world-famous televangelists.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 27 July 2023
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Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
In 2021, Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield starred in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, with Chastain, 45, winning Best Actress at the 94th Oscars for her portrayal of the famed televangelist who died at age 65 in 2007 after colon cancer spread to her lungs.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022
In 2018, Christians United for Israel, the influential Christian Zionist organization led by the televangelist John C. Hagee, presented Ms. Haley with the organization’s Defender of Israel award.
—Charles Homans, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
Terhune is intimate with this working-class portrait of America, its fences, porch flags, televangelists, crop prices and ragged men wandering roads with cardboard signs.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
After the 9/11 attacks, Robertson agreed with fellow televangelist Jerry Falwell that God allowed the terrorists to succeed because America had moved to the left and removed religion from the mainstream.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 8 June 2023
And in 2008, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee used his skills honed as a televangelist and pastor to capture the GOP’s imagination.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
Pat Robertson, the influential broadcaster, televangelist and one-time presidential candidate, has died, the Christian Broadcasting Network said.
—Gareth Vipers, WSJ, 8 June 2023
The comedy series tells the story of the titular Gemstone family, who are world-famous televangelists.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 27 July 2023
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1973, in the meaning defined above
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televangelist
noun
tel·evan·ge·list
ˌtel-i-ˈvan-jə-ləst
: an evangelist who conducts regularly televised religious programs
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