evangelical

adjective

variants also evangelic
Definition of evangelicalnext
as in missionary

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Recent Examples of evangelical The two, who had a 15-year age gap, began having an affair in 2015, which divided the evangelical members. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Yet such acts haven’t deterred the evangelical Christians who make up much of the faithful segment of the MAGA base. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026 The family’s life revolved around an evangelical church in Waterbury. — Felice J. Freyer, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026 The study included participants who identified as evangelical Christian, Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, Latter-day Saints, Sikh, mainline Protestant, Hindu and Buddhist, as well as those who identified as agnostic, atheist or spiritual but nonreligious. — City News Service, Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for evangelical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evangelical
  1. missionary
  2. clerical
  3. pastoral
  4. ministerial
  5. apostolic
Adjective
  • It's associated with the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul, who traveled through the region and helped spread Christianity across the Roman world.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Their presence is still felt – the United States remains the world’s largest missionary-sending country by far, according to the World Christian Database.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of missionary
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  • The best family offices do not treat trust administration as clerical work.
    — Michael Gold CFP, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Critics of Iran's clerical rulers hoped initially that Iran's government would collapse amid a bombing campaign that killed Iran's most senior military and religious officials, including its supreme leader.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of clerical
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  • South of the city center, Parque Natural de la Albufera offers a pastoral escape where rice paddies ring a freshwater lagoon.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Global events have brought together hundreds of representatives from communities whose lives and livelihoods are built on pastoral or nomadic herding traditions.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of pastoral
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  • Wong on Tuesday announced in the parliament that ministerial salaries will be adjusted upwards, having remained unchanged for 15 years.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The announcement sparked backlash on social media in a country where high ministerial salaries are a sensitive topic, with the median monthly income at S$5,775 ($4,500) last year.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of ministerial
Adjective
  • On June 2, 1979, Pope John Paul II set out from Rome on an apostolic journey, as papal trips away from the Vatican are called.
    — Paul Elie, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • The leader of the Roman Catholic Church directed his remarks to university students at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, during an 11-day apostolic journey in Africa.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of apostolic

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“Evangelical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evangelical. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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