evangelical

(-jĕl'ĭk)
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or in accordance with the Christian gospel, especially one of the four gospel books of the New Testament.
2. Evangelical Of, relating to, or being a Protestant church that founds its teaching on the gospel.
3. Evangelical Of, relating to, or being a Christian church believing in the sole authority and inerrancy of the Bible, in salvation only through regeneration, and in a spiritually transformed personal life.
4. Evangelical
   1. Of or relating to the Lutheran churches in Germany and Switzerland.
   2. Of or relating to all Protestant churches in Germany.
5. Of or relating to the group in the Church of England that stresses personal conversion and salvation by faith.
6. Characterized by ardent or crusading enthusiasm; zealous: an evangelical liberal.

n.
Evangelical A member of an evangelical church or party.

evangelically e'van·gel'i·cal·ly adv.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels
  Pertains to noun: evangelicalism (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
  Pertains to noun: Gospel (meaning #1)

Meaning #3: marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause
  Synonym: evangelistic

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - evangelisk, evangelisk kristen
n. - evangelisk kristen

Nederlands (Dutch)
evangelisch, betreffende de evangelische kerk, protestant, fundamentalistisch, met minder ceremonieel, iemand die de evangelische leer aanhoudt

Français (French)
adj. - évangélique
n. - évangélique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - evangelisch
n. - Anhänger(in) einer evangelischen Kirche

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (θρησκ.) ευαγγελικός, ανήκων ή αναφερόμενος στο ευαγγέλιο

Italiano (Italian)
evangelico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - evangélico
n. - evangélico (m) (Rel.), protestante (m) (f) (Rel.)

Русский (Russian)
евангелический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - evangélico
n. - evangélico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - evangelisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
福音的, 新教的, 新教徒, 福音派教徒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 福音的, 新教的
n. - 新教徒, 福音派教徒

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 복음의, 복음 주의의
n. - 복음 주의자

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 福音の, 福音主義の, ドイツ福音主義教会の, 戦闘的な
n. - 福音主義者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) إنجيلي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אוונגלי (פרוטסטנטי), לפי תורת הבשורה בדת הנוצרית‬
n. - ‮מטיף בקנאות לעיקרון מסוים‬

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