Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
evangel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Good tidings; evangel.
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- noun Good tidings;
evangel .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Chief among these is "Les voies du Paradis enseignees par notre Sauveur Jesus-Christ en son evangile", which appeared twice at Lyons in 1538 (Paris, 1540; Lyons, 1586; Rome, 1610).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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To live according to nature he built, in his story, the abbey of Thélème, a sort of hedonist's or anarchist's Utopia where men and women dwell together under the rule, "Do what thou wilt," and which has over its gates the punning invitation: "Cy entrez, vous, qui le saint evangile en sens agile annoncez, quoy qu'on gronde."
The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910
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Ces livres sont ecrits en grec et leurs auteurs vivaient en pays grec, il y a donc eu chez eux infiltration des idees et des sentiments helleniques, quelquefois même l imagination hellenique y a pénetre comme dans le 3 evangile et dans les Actes.
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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