evanˈgelican, a. and n.
[f. evangelic + -an.]
A. adj. = evangelical A. 2 b.
| 1847 De Quincey Protestantism Wks. (1862) VII. 100 Distinguishing between the Romanist and the Newmanite, on the one hand, between the Calvinist and the Evangelican man, on the other. |
B. n. = evangelical B. 2.
| 1876 Mivart Contemp. Evolution 116 The heartfelt piety of the evangelican protest against the cold formalism of the established clergy of that time. |
Hence evanˈgelicanism = evangelicalism.
| 1887 Benham Dict. Relig. 412 Evangelicanism is essentially the theology of the inner life of the individual soul. |