gos ‧ pel /ˈɡɒsp ə l $ ˈɡɑːs-/ BrE AmE noun
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: godspel , from god 'good' + spell 'story, news' ]
1 . Gospel [countable] one of the four books in the Bible about Christ’s life:
the Gospel according to St Luke
2 . ( also Gospel ) [singular] the life of Christ and the ideas that he taught
preach/spread the gospel (=tell people about it)
Missionaries were sent to preach the Gospel.
gospel stories
3 . [countable usually singular] a set of ideas that someone believes in very strongly and tries to persuade other people to accept
spread/preach the gospel
spreading the gospel of science
4 . ( also gospel truth ) [uncountable] something that is completely true:
Don’t take everything she says as gospel (=don’t believe everything she says) .
5 . ( also gospel music ) [uncountable] a type of Christian music in which religious songs are sung very loudly:
a gospel choir