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(1):

(a.) Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.

(2):

(a.) Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.

(3):

(a.) Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; - technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone"; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.

(4):

(n.) One of evangelical principles.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Evangelical'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/evangelical.html. 1828.
 
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