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also evangelic
as in missionary
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Recent Examples of evangelical
Judson University, a nonprofit evangelical Christian school founded as Judson College in 1963, is named after American Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson, who became the first Protestant missionary sent from North America to preach in Burma, the school’s website said.
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Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
The president received the backing of about eight out of 10 white evangelical Christian voters in the 2024 election, according to an AP VoteCast analysis.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
The poll of 1,004 Americans who identified as evangelical was conducted Jan. 13-21 and has a margin of error of 3.1%, researchers said.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
In the 2016 presidential election, 80 percent of evangelical Christians, a constituency known for family values and concern about the nation’s moral decline, supported Donald Trump.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
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Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
The president received the backing of about eight out of 10 white evangelical Christian voters in the 2024 election, according to an AP VoteCast analysis.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
The poll of 1,004 Americans who identified as evangelical was conducted Jan. 13-21 and has a margin of error of 3.1%, researchers said.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
In the 2016 presidential election, 80 percent of evangelical Christians, a constituency known for family values and concern about the nation’s moral decline, supported Donald Trump.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evangelical
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The Argentinian pope was trained as a Jesuit, a religious order which has a long history of embarking on missionary work in hostile or dangerous territories.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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Upon completing college, Baumgartner turned down a job offer at an investment bank in Seattle, instead choosing to spend time doing Catholic missionary work in Mozambique.—
Brad Pearce,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
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Even after the 14th-century Black Death, clerical households with wives and children thrived in Italy.—
Joelle Rollo-Koster,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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The contract was always only worth $8 million despite any clerical mistake.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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The difference is that Frost’s poems are mourning not a friend but the pastoral life the poet has left behind, and mourning, too, his eldest child, Elliott, who died at age three, of cholera, in 1900.—
Maggie Doherty,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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But McDonald said Catholic schools remain committed to their pastoral mission, and lay teachers share that commitment.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Lebanon’s system of government requires the new president to convene consultations with lawmakers to nominate a Sunni Muslim prime minister to form a new cabinet, a process that can often be protracted as factions barter over ministerial portfolios.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
9 Jan. 2025
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Dominic LeBlanc has since been appointed to succeed her and head the finance ministerial portfolio.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
6 Jan. 2025
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In 2018, on her 110th birthday, Lucas, who is also the oldest living nun in the world, was honored with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, per Guinness World Records.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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Pope Francis's stop in East Timor is part of his ongoing apostolic journey across four countries between Sept. 2 and Sept. 13.—
Timothy H.J. Nerozzi Fox News,
Fox News,
10 Sep. 2024
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“Evangelical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evangelical. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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