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.
Derivatives:
evangelicalism n. evangelically adv.
Etymology: eccl.L evangelicus f. eccl.Gk euaggelikos (as EVANGEL)