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That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose. -- Change"less*ness, n.

is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies. Such, men do changelings call, so changed by fairies' theft. Spenser. The changeling [a substituted writing] never known. Shak.

Not angelical. [R.] "Disangelical nature." Coventry.

glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel. Milton. Her funeral anthem is a glad evangel. Whittier.

Rendering thanks for favors.

Belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical. "Evangelic truth." J. Foster.

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

Adherence to evangelical doctrines; evangelism. G. Eliot.

In an evangelical manner.

State of being evangelical.

Evangelical principles; evangelism.

Evangelicism.

The preaching or promulgation of the gospel. Bacon.

cher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance. The Apostles, so far as they evangelized, might claim the tittle though there were many evang…

A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service. Porson.

Pertaining to the four evangelists; designed or fitted to evangelize; evangelical; as, evangelistic efforts.

The act of evangelizing; the state of being evangelized. The work of Christ's ministers is evangelization. Hobbes.

To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world. His apostles whom he sends To evangelize the nations. Milton.

Evangel. [Obs.] The sacred pledge of Christ's evangely. Spenser.

A kind of large field beet (B. macrorhiza), used as food for cattle, -- by some considered a mere variety of the ordinary beet. See Beet. [Written also mangold-wurzel.]