Synonyms of evangelized

evangelized

verb

past tense of evangelize

as in preached

to try to convert (a group or area) to a different religion (especially Christianity)

The missionaries set out to evangelize the world.

Related Words

• preached
• lectured
• preachified
• platitudinized
• sermonized

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of evangelized

Catholics began to resurface around 1837 with another wave of European migrants who evangelized in the streets and in the name of the poor and immigrants. — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026

As the genre eventually called alt-country calcified in Souled American’s wake, luminaries like John Darnielle, Will Oldham, and Tweedy himself all evangelized about the Chicago group without ever replicating their sound. — Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026

A couple of years ago, as Semones released her 2024 EP Kabutomushi, the legendary bassist took notice and evangelized the up-and-comer on social media. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 13 Apr. 2026

Kottikollon’s approach diverges sharply from Silicon Valley’s model, often defined by prescription-heavy biohacking and evangelized by the likes of Bryan Johnson. — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2026

Elsewhere, Ba has evangelized the kind of faster, more reliable access to the internet that 2Africa promises. — Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025

Influencers skipped the middleman and built audiences on nontraditional platforms — something Ashe had evangelized years earlier. — Mark Dent, HubSpot, 26 Sep. 2025

Is the cause of Wings something that really needs to be … evangelized? — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025