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also evangelic
as in missionary
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Recent Examples of evangelical
His mother’s parents, Irene (Joyce Cohen) and Hank (Mark Kincaid), are of Midwest evangelical roots.
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Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
Within its borders, Russia has targeted evangelical Christians with investigations and has arrested Jehovah Witnesses.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2025
The influence of evangelical Christianity has likewise buttressed Republican support among Asian American voters; since 2000, some of the Asian Americans most likely to support Republican candidates identify as evangelical Christians.
—Jane Hong / Made By History, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
My family attended an evangelical church that believed in Hell in a way that would have been intelligible, if abhorrent, to the medieval Catholic Dante.
—Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
Within its borders, Russia has targeted evangelical Christians with investigations and has arrested Jehovah Witnesses.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2025
The influence of evangelical Christianity has likewise buttressed Republican support among Asian American voters; since 2000, some of the Asian Americans most likely to support Republican candidates identify as evangelical Christians.
—Jane Hong / Made By History, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
My family attended an evangelical church that believed in Hell in a way that would have been intelligible, if abhorrent, to the medieval Catholic Dante.
—Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evangelical
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The missionary group, which has been in Haiti since 1943, had served 700 students until gangs took over both their church and school this week, turning them into a gang headquarters.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
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In 2023, Smith embarked on a three-year missionary leadership role in Brazil for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
WWD,
3 Feb. 2025
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Powerbrokers within the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and the clerical establishment have had years to prepare for succession.—
Ian Bremmer,
TIME,
2 Feb. 2025
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Another is among the voters who claim that their registration application was filled out correctly and that a clerical error is likely to blame.—
Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Reach out to social services groups such as Lutheran Social Service, churches, senior dining programs, or local pastoral associations.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Baseball’s pastoral veneer was shattered once before, by a gambling scandal that created the need for a commissioner in 1920.—
Tyler Kepner,
The Athletic,
4 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 22 Feb. 2025.
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