(primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
(Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Apatriarch.
(by extension) A person marked byextreme enthusiasm for or support of anycause, particularly with regard to religion.
1992, J. D. Douglas,Who's Who in Christian History,→ISBN, page94:
Booth, William (1829-1912) Englishevangelist; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning obedience.
1994, Frank Lambert,"Pedlar in Divinity",→ISBN, page10:
Yet in the spreading consumer market of the mid-1700s, his renditions competed with others offering a far different account of theevangelist and his message. The famous artist William Hogarth mocked Whitefield in two engravings presenting the revivalist as a religious fanatic who held sway over the superstitious lower orders.
1996, Peter J. Conn,Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography,→ISBN, page149:
The film implies that theevangelist, as a type, is a fanatic, a sanctimonious prig, and ultimately a hypocrite.
2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, inRAIL, number1029, page41:
Hendy has come out as something of anevangelist for discontinuous electrification. For Waterloo-Exeter, this could make real sense on a route where the high capital cost of wiring orthird rail all the way to Devon would be prohibitive. But what about his vocal support for it on East West Rail, which is effectively a brand new line?
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