evangelical

adjective

variants also evangelic
Definition of evangelicalnext
as in missionary

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Recent Examples of evangelical The past decade of partisan politics has badly fractured the evangelical world. — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2025 World Vision, an evangelical group, has given tens of millions of people access to clean water and found donors to sponsor hungry children. — Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025 But some evangelical leaders are speaking out against both policies, even though Trump has enjoyed broad support from the evangelical community. — Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025 Judson University, a nonprofit evangelical Christian school founded as Judson College in 1963, is named after American Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson, who became the first Protestant missionary sent from North America to preach in Burma, the school’s website said. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for evangelical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evangelical
  1. missionary
  2. clerical
  3. pastoral
  4. ministerial
  5. apostolic
Adjective
  • This year’s theme is A Heart for the Harvest and will feature four missionary families representing Namibia, Portugal, South Africa and South Sudan.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Videos of the various positions—missionary in New York City, cowgirl in Nashville—immediately go viral online.
    — Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
Definition of missionary
Adjective
  • There are 23 members in the maintenance unit — workers who help maintain HACC properties — and there are 77 members in the administrative/clerical unit, which primarily includes housing specialists and office assistants.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The department slashed another 89 Education Department contracts including a contractor hired to manage mail and clerical operations.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of clerical
Adjective
  • Evergreen trees shade the pastoral grounds, planted to simulate the majesty of being in the Rocky Mountains, the owner’s other favorite place.
    — Cortney Fries, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Concordia’s dean revoked Marty’s pastoral posting in London, instead sending him to serve as assistant to the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in River Forest.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of pastoral
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  • Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing system allocates key positions among Christian, Shiite and Sunni factions, with dominant blocs — Hezbollah and the Amal Movement for the Shiites, and the Lebanese Forces for the Christians — insisting on their share of ministerial portfolios.
    — Sally Abou Aljoud, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Extending phase one indefinitely would suit an Israeli prime minister whose extremist ministerial allies want to start bombing Gaza again and then re-establish the Jewish settlements that Israel forced out 20 years ago.
    — Mick Krever, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of ministerial
Adjective
  • What People Are Saying Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, led Wednesday night's gathering, urging the faithful to pray for the pope's swift return to his apostolic mission.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
  • In 2018, on her 110th birthday, Lucas, who is also the oldest living nun in the world, was honored with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, per Guinness World Records.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of apostolic

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