adj. & n.
adj. 1 of or according to the teaching of the gospel or the Christian religion. 2 of the Protestant school maintaining that the doctrine of salvation by faith in the Atonement is the essence of the gospel.
n. a member of the evangelical school. evangelicalism n. evangelically adv.
[ eccl.L evangelicus f. eccl.Gk euaggelikos (as EVANGEL) ]