evanescible 
(ov-a-ncs'i-lil), <i. [< cranrs<-<- + 
-iblc.] Capable of evanescing. Evanescible edge 
of a polyhedron, one which IK not terminated by a triacc 
nor is iii t\vo i.-u-es i hut have one one HU nun it and the other 
another, tliiii ;nr m '>n<- i"* 1 '- 
evangel (e-van'jel), . [Early In0( l- K - a ? s 
I'l-initicH. crumjile, < ME. evaiujilt: <-r<iini<iil< . 
i-niii',/1 IK . i ini iii/rli/, etc., < OF. evangilf,Y. . 
gile = Pr. evangeli = Sp. ecangclio = Pg. cnui- 
gelho = It. evangeliti = D. evangelic = G. Dan. 
Sw. evanydiitm, < LL. cvangelium, prop, etutn- 
<ii Hum (me change in pronunciation of , Gr. 
* , to c before a vowel being a late development 
in both L. and Gr. ), the gospel, < Gr. evayyk'Mav 
(in New Testament), the gospel, lit. good news, 
glad tidings, being used in this lit. sense by 
Plutarch, Lucian, etc., and earlier by Cicero 
(written as Gr.); in classical Gr. only in the 
proper sense of ' a reward for good news, given 
to the messenger'; usually in pi. tvayy&Mi (cf. 
fiiaijlfaa 6vctv, make a thank-offering for good 
news ; Bi'ctv, make sacrifice) ; < tidyytXor, bring- 
ing good news, < ei>, well, + ayytKfotv, bring 
news, bear a message, announce, > tncfof, a 
messenger, later an angel : see angel."} 1. The 
gospel, or one of the Gospels. [Obsolete or ar- 
chaic.] 
The Evangilei and Acts teach us what to believe, but 
the Epistles of the Apostles what to do. 
Donne, Letters, xcvl. 
The first apostles alone were the depositaries of the 
pure and perfect evangel. 
Strinburne, Fortnightly Rev., N. 8., XLII. 170. 
2. [In later use, with ref . to orig. sense.] Good 
tidings. 
Above all the Servians . . . read with much avidity 
the evangiie of their freedom. Landor. 
We wait for thy coining, sweet wind of the south, 
For the touch of thy light wings, the kiss of thy mouth ; 
For the yearly evangel thou bearest from God, 
Resurrection and life to the graves of the sod ! 
\fhittier, April. 
Paul and Silas, In their prison, 
Sang of Christ, the Lord arisen, . . . 
But, alas ! what holy angel 
Brings the Slave this glad evangel 
hoiujfellmc, Slave Singing at Midnight 
3. [In this sense prop. < Gr. evdyyetoc, bringing 
good news : see etymology.] A messenger or 
bearer of good tidings ; an evangelist. [Bare.] 
When the evaiigell most toil'd souls to winne, 
Even then there was a falling from the faith. 
Stirling, Doomes-day, Second Houre. 
Strong friends in the ranks of the enemy saved the rash 
e eangel of the rights of labor. The Honey-Makers, p. 314. 
evangelian (e-van-jel'ianj, a. [A forced sense, 
< evangel + -ian (cf. Gr. evayy&tav, a reward for 
good tidings) : see evangel.'] Rendering thanks 
for favors. Craig. 
evangeliary (e-van-jel'i-a-ri), . ; pi. evangeli- 
aries (-riz). [< ML. evangeliarium, < LL. eran- 
gelium, gospel : see evangel.'] Same as evange- 
listary. 
The existing Greek and Syriac lectlonaries. or evangel- 
ifiru's and syuaxaries, . . . which contain the Scripture 
reading lessons for the churches. 
Seha/, Hist. Christ. Church, I. i 81. 
evangelic (e-van-jel'ik), a. [Early mod. E. evan- 
gelick, evaiigelik; = F. evangelique = Pr. evange- 
lic = Sp. evangelico = Pg. It. evangelico (cf . D. G. 
evangelisch = Dan. Sw. evangelisk), < LL. evan- 
gelicus, prop, eiiangelicus (see evangel), < Gr. 
cva) yfXweoc, of or for the gospel, of or for good 
tidings, < ciiayytfaov, the gospel, good tidings : 
see evangel.'] Same as evangelical. 
In the tother parte (as it were with an enanyelik ser- 
mone) he calleth them all and vs to the knowledge of 
t'rystc. Joye, Expos, of Daniel, ii. 
Wluit cranyclic rclljiion is, is told in two words : faith and 
charitie ; or ^eleef and practise. Milton, Civil Power. 
siu-h a fear of God's power and justice as is sweetly al- 
layed ami tempered by a sense of his goodness : that is, If 
it be an evangelic and filial fear, composed of an equal mix- 
ture of awe and delight, of love and reverence. 
liji. Atterbury, Sermons, II. xv. 
evangelical (e-van-jel'i-kal), a. and re. [< evan- 
gelic + -al.] I. a. 1. Of or pertaining to the 
gospel of Jesus Christ; comprised in or relat- 
ing to the Christian revelation or dispensation : 
as, tho evangelical books of the New Testament ; 
the craniirlical narrative or history; evaniji-li- 
cal interpretation. 2. Conformable to the re- 
quirements or principles of the gospel, espe- 
cially as these are set forth in the New Testa- 
ment; characterized by or manifesting the spirit 
of Christ; consonant with the Christian faith: 
as, evangelical doctrine. 
The righteousness evangelical must be like Christ's seam- 
less coat, all of a piece from the top to the bottom ; it must 
invest the whole soul. Jer. Taylor, Sermons, III. I. 
2035 
The first requisite, in order to extemporaneous preach- 
ing, Is a heart glowing and beating with evangelical affec- 
tions. Shedd, Homilutlcs, ix. 
3. Adhering to and contending for the doc- 
trines of the gospel: specifically applied to a 
section in the Protestant churches who profess 
to base their principles on Scripture alone, and 
who give distinctive prominence to such doc- 
trines as the corruption of man's nature by the 
fall, atonement by the life, sufferings, and death 
of Christ, justification by faith in Christ, the 
work of the Holy Spirit in conversion and sanc- 
tification, and the divine exercise of free and 
unmerited grace. 
One of the Evanyelical clergy, a disciple of Venn. 
George Eliot, Scenes from Clerical Life, x. 
" Mrs. \Vaulealwayshasblack crape on. . . ." "Andshe 
Is not in the least evangelical," said Rosamond, ... as if 
that religious point of view would have fully accounted for 
perpetual crape. George Eliot, Middlemarch, xit. 
4. In a restricted sense, relating or pertaining 
to the spirituality of the gospel; seeking to 
promote conversion and a strictly religious 
life: as, evangelical preaching or labors Evan- 
gelical Alliance, the name of an association of Chris- 
tians belonging to the evangelical denominations. It was 
organized by a world's convention in London in 1846, and 
its object is to promote Christian intercourse between the 
different orthodox Protestant denominations and more 
effective cooperation in Christian work. Branches of the 
Alliance exist in all countries where there are considerable 
communities. Several general conferences have been held, 
in which reports were received concerning the religious 
condition of the world. Among the most important results 
attained by the Alliance is the establishment of a week of 
prayer, the first week of January in each year, now largely 
observed throughout Protestant Christendom. Evan- 
gelical Association, the proper name of the body some- 
timeserroneously called theGerman MethodistChurch. It 
was organized at the beginning of the nineteenth century 
by Jacob Albright in eastern Pennsylvania, and grew out 
of an attempt on his part to introduce certain reforms in 
the German churches. In its mode of worship, form of 
organization, and doctrinal beliefs, it resembles the Meth- 
odist Church. Evangelical Church, the abbreviated 
name of the German United Evangelical Church, founded 
in Prussia in 1817 by a union of Lutheran and Reformed 
churches. It Is the largest of the Protestant churches in 
Germany, is Presbyterian in polity, and is partially sup- 
ported by the government^ which appoints the consistories 
or provincial boards. Evangelical Church Confer- 
ence, the name of a periodical convention of delegates 
from the evangelical churches of Germany that is, the 
Lutheran, Reformed, United, and Moravian churches. IU 
aim was the religious unity of Germany. The movement 
originated about 1848, but its influence has gradually de- 
clined. Evangelical counsels. See coumel. Evan- 
gelical Union, a religious body formed in 1843 by sev- 
eral Scottish ministers, of whom the most prominent was 
James Morison of Kilmarnock, a minister deposed by 
the United Secession Church for holding anti-Calvinistic 
views. The church government of the body is Indepen- 
dent; its theology is Arminian. Independent Evan- 
gelical Church of Neu.cha.tel. See church. =Syn, 2. 
See orthodox. 
II. n. One who maintains evangelical prin- 
ciples. The name Evangelical* is specifically applied to 
that party in the Church of England, often designated the 
Low-church party, which insists on the acceptance and 
promulgation of distinctively evangelical doctrines. See 
I., 3, above. 
It is equally certain that the violence of the Evangeli 
calf, and their hard, artificial, yet feeble, theology, is alien- 
ating numbers, and that the younger members of their 
families are specially feeling the Romish temptation. 
f. D. Maurice, Biog., I. 423. 
evangelicalism (e-van-iel'i-kal-izm), n. [< 
evangelical + -ism.] Adherence to and insis- 
tence upon evangelical doctrines, especially in 
the Church of England: sometimes employed 
as a term of opprobrium. 
The worst errors of Popery and Evangelicalifm combined. 
Dr. Arnold. 
Evangelicalism had cast a certain suspicion as of plague- 
infection over the few amusements which survived in the 
provinces. George Eliot, Middlemarch, xvi. 
evangelically (e-van-jel'i-kal-i), adv. In an 
evangelical manner; in accordance with the 
gospel. 
It appears that acts of saving grace are evangelically 
good, and well-pleasing to God. 
Bp. Barlow, Remains, p. 432. 
evangelicalness (e-van-jel'i-kal-nes), . The 
quality of being evangelical in spirit or doc- 
trine. 
evangelicism (e-van-jel'i-sizm), n. [< evangelic 
+ -ism.'] Evangelical principles. 
evangelicity (e-van-je-lis'i-ti), . [< etam/clic 
+ -iVi/.] The quality of being evangelical; 
evangelicalism. 
A thorough earnestness and rranyelicity. Eclectic Ret. 
evangelisation, evangelise, etc. See evangeli- 
~<tti<tt>, <'tc. 
evangelism (e-van'jel-izm), n. [< ML. evange- 
lismus, the promulgation of the gospel (Erangr- 
limni fist inn. tin- fifth Sunday after Easter), < 
LL. c'riiiijirliiim, gospel: see evangel.] The pro- 
evangelize 
mnlgation of the gospel ; evangelical preach- 
ing; specifically, rnnn'-t 'ffort for tho spread 
of the gospel, as by itinerant evangelists. 
Thus was this land saved from Infidelity . . . thrminh 
the apostolical and miraculous evangelitiu of St. Bartli"! > 
mew. Bacon, New Atlantis. 
An aggressive emngelitm is now the demand of every 
Western community, and never was there a more deter- 
mined /eal than at present. 
The Congregational^!, Aug. 19, 1880. 
evangelist (e-van'jel-ist), . [< ME. evange- 
liste, craungeliste, ewangeliste. < OF. evangeliste, 
F. evangeliste = Pr. Sp. Pg. It. evangelista = D. 
G. Dan. Sw. evangelist, < LL. evanaelista, prop. 
euangelusta,<.Gr. evawthurrfc, in N. T. a preacher 
of the gospel, codes, one of the writers of the 
four Gospels, < tvayyeMfroOai, preach the gospel, 
in classical Gr. bring good news, announce good 
news, < t iidjT^/of , bringing good news : see evan- 
gel.] 1. In the New Testament, a class of 
teachers next in rank to apostles and prophets, 
but probably not constituting a permanent or- 
der. 
And we entered into the house of Philip the emngelitt, 
which was one of the seven ; and abode with him. 
Acts xxl. 8. 
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the 
work of an evangelM, make full proof of thy ministry. 
2 Tim. Iv. 6. 
2. In church hist., an itinerant preacher who 
travels from place to place, according to op- 
portunity or requisition, in contradistinction to 
the pastor or teacher, who is settled in one 
place and instructs the people of a special 
charge. 
Evangeliiti many of them did travel, but they were never 
the more evangelut* for that ; but only their office was 
writing or preaching the gospel ; and thence they had 
their name. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), II. 170. 
Men do the work of eranyelutt, leaving their homes to 
proclaim Christ and deliver the written gospels to those 
who were ignorant of the faith. 
Eiwebiu, Ecclesiastical Hist. (?) (trans.), 111. ST. 
3. One of the writers of the four evangels or 
Gospels. 
Almighty God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with 
the heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelitt Saint Mark. 
Boo* oj Common I'rayer, Collect for St. Mark's Day. 
The careful and minute study of the Evangelittt, in the 
light of grammar, of philology, and of history, results in 
the unassailable conviction of their trustworthiness. 
Shedd, Homiletics, i. 
4. In the Mormon Ch., an ecclesiastical official, 
also called a patriarch, whose duty it is "to 
bless the fatherless in the Church, foretelling 
what shall befall them and their generation. 
He also holds authority to administer in other 
ordinances of the Church" (Mormon Catechism, 
xvii.). 
evangelistarion (e-van'jel-is-ta'ri-on), n. ; pi. 
evangelistaria (-a). [< MGr. tvayyef-iarapiov: see 
evangelistary.'] Same as evangelistary. 
I ... consult the Evangelietarion, to see what is the 
tone for the week. 
J. M. Xeale, Eastern Church, i. 903, note. 
evangelistary (e-van-je-lis'ta-ri), .; pi. evan- 
gelistaries (-nz).' [= It. evangelutario, < ML. 
evangelistarium, < MGr. e'vayyeumapiav, a book 
containing selections from the Gospels, < Gr. 
tiiayyO.tov, the gospel : see evangel.] In the 
Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a book 
containing passages from the Gospels to be 
read at divine service. Also evangelistarion, 
evangeliary. 
The criticks complain that the evangelutariet and lee- 
tionaries have often transfused their readings into the oth- 
er manuscripts. Porton, To Travis, p. 230. 
He compared the various readings in 8. Jerome's Eran- 
gelittaritt. E. E. Hale, In His Name, p. 77. 
evangelistic (e-van-je-lis'tik), a. [< evangelist 
+ -ic.] Evangelical; designed or tending to 
evangelize ; pertaining to an evangelist or his 
labors : as, evangelistic methods ; evangelistic ef- 
forts. 
Underlying and giving character to all great ccangclit- 
fie and missionary movements there are profound convic- 
tions of truth. BMiotheca Sacra, XLIII. 579. 
Buildings, books, and other apparatus, necessary for 
their (missionaries'] educational and erangelittir lalKmrs. 
Quarterly Rev., CLXIII. 122. 
evangelization (e-van'jel-i-za'shon), n. [= F. 
rnnigelisation = Pr. erangelisa tion ; as evangel- 
ize + -ation.] The act of evangelizing. Also 
spelled evangelisation. 
The work of Christ's ministers Is evangelization : that is, 
a proclamation of Christ, and a preparation for his second 
coming ; as the erangelaation of John Baptist was a prep- 
aration to his first coming. Hobbct, Leviathan, xlii. S 270. 
evangelize (e-van'jel-iz), r. ; pret. and pp. 
toangetisod, ppr. evangelizing. [\ ME. <v. 
fccw, -isen,<. OF. i-nuujt li:rr, <-rinnj< liter, F. evan- 
