‖ evangelium Obs. or arch.
(iːvænˈdʒɛlɪəm)
Also 6 evangelion.
[L. ēvangelium, a. Gr. εὐαγγέλιον: see evangely.]
The gospel (in various senses); a proclamation of the ‘glad tidings’ of the Gospel.
| 1541 Coverdale tr. Bullinger's Old Faith (1624) iii, This is the first promise, and the first sure Evangelion. 1550 Crowley Last Trump. 359 If thy prince do commaunde the ought Against Goddes Evangelion, Then praye for him styl in thy thought. 1692–1732 Coles, Evangelium. 1850 Marg. Fuller Life without & Life within (1860) 18 If we can find out how much was given him, we are told, in a pure evangelium to judge..how much shall be required. |