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Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys. So evanescent are the fashions of the world in these particulars. Hawthorne.

; imperceptibly. Chalmers.

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.

acher. (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 evan…

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.

Good tidings; evangel. [R.] Above all, the Servians . . . read, with much avidity, the evangile of their freedom. Londor.

Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color. [Obs.] They are very transistory and evanid. Barrow.