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r Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer. Howell. Some words altered in the dominical Gospels. Fuller. Dominical altar (Eccl.), the high altar. -- Dominical letter, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the…

of Christ by faith. Baxter. The sincere entertainment and practice of the precepts of the gospel. Bp. Sprat.

Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty. [R.] Entireness in preaching the gospel. Udall.

laim; to declare, as a truth. The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel. Coleridge.

r; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters. A madman's epistles are no gospels. Shak.

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

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

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

The preaching or promulgation of the gospel. Bacon.

for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (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,…

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

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.

g faith. Without faith it is impossible to please him [God]. Heb. xi. 6. The faith of the gospel is that emotion of the mind which is called "trust" or "confidence" exercised toward the moral character of God, and particularly of the Savior. Dr. T. Dwight. Faith is an affectionate, practical confidence in the testimony…

ward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel.

from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source. Judea, the fountain of the gospel. Fuller. Author of all being, Fountain of light, thyself invisible. Milton. Air fountain. See under Air. -- Fountain heead, primary source; original; first principle. Young. -- Fountain inkstand, an inkstand having a cont…

of grace, means of securing knowledge of God, or favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc. -- To do grace, to reflect credit upon. Content to do the profession some grace. Shak. -- To say grace, to render thanks before or after a meal. -- With a good grace, in a fit and proper manner grace fully; gracious…

especting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels.

heart. They will be credulous in all affairs of life, but impenetrable by a sermon of the gospel. Jer. Taylor.

ct by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master. The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair of indentures: they answer in every part. C. Leslie.

A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar.