different between chaplain vs evangelist

English

Etymology

From Middle English chapeleyn, from Old French chapelain, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappell?nus, from cappella. Doublet of capelin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?æp.l?n/

Noun

chaplain (plural chaplains)

1. A member of a religious body (often, but not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to give pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
2. A person without religious affiliation who carries out similar duties in a secular context.

Derived terms

• chaplaincy
• college chaplain
• domestic chaplain
• football chaplain
• hospital chaplain
• lay chaplain
• military chaplain
• naval chaplain
• prison chaplain
• school chaplain
• sports chaplain
• street chaplain

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French evangeliste, from ecclesiastical Latin evangelista, from ecclesiastical Ancient Greek ???????????? (euangelist?s, “bringer of good news”), from ?????????????? (euangelízesthai, “to evangelize”), from ????????? (euángelos, “bringing good news”), from ?? (eû, “well”) + ????????? (angéllein, “to announce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??vænd??l?st/

Noun

evangelist (plural evangelists)

1. (Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
2. (biblical) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually Evangelist.
3. (primitive Church) A person who first brought the gospel to a city or region.
4. (Mormon Church) A patriarch.
5. A person marked by extreme enthusiasm for or support of any cause, particularly with regard to religion.
   • 1992, J. D. Douglas, Who's Who in Christian History, ?ISBN, p. 94.

     Booth, William (1829-1912) English evangelist; founder and first general of the Salvation Army ... his subordinates being expected to give him unquestioning obedience.

   • 1994, Frank Lambert, "Pedlar in Divinity", ?ISBN, p. 10.

     Yet in the spreading consumer market of the mid-1700s, his renditions competed with others offering a far different account of the evangelist and his message. The famous artist William Hogarth mocked Whitefield in two engravings presenting the revivalist as a religious fanatic who held sway over the superstitious lower orders.

   • 1996, Peter J. Conn, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography, ?ISBN, p. 149.

     The film implies that the evangelist, as a type, is a fanatic, a sanctimonious prig, and ultimately a hypocrite.

6. (computing) A person hired to promote a particular technology.

Synonyms

• (preacher): gospeler

Derived terms

• televangelist
• technology evangelist
• evangelism marketing

Related terms

• angel
• angelic
• evangel
• evangelism
• evangelize

Translations

See also

• missionary
• Christer

Further reading

• evangelist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• evangelist in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• gavestinel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ewangeliste, from Old French evangeliste, from Latin ?vangelista, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (euangelist?s). Equivalent to evangelie +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.v??.?e??l?st/
• Hyphenation: evan?ge?list
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

evangelist m (plural evangelisten, diminutive evangelistje n)

1. (Christianity) An evangelist, , an author of one of the gospels.
2. (Protestantism) A Christian missionary.
3. (Protestantism) A preacher in an evangelical church.

Swedish

Noun

evangelist c

1. evangelist; a preacher of the gospel
2. evangelist; a writer of a gospel

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