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   evangelist

   /ɪˈvan(d)ʒəlɪst/

   noun

   • 1. a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching: "an American television evangelist"
   • ▪ a layperson engaged in Christian missionary work: "a local evangelist working with a youth mission"
   • ▪ a zealous advocate of a particular cause: "he has become an evangelist for the European Union"
   • 2. the writer of one of the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John): "St John the Evangelist"

   Word Origin Middle English (in evangelist (sense 2)): from Old French évangéliste, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek euangelistēs, from euangelizesthai ‘evangelize’.

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