Part 3970

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Vanishing from notice; imperceptible.</def>

<blockquote>The difference between right and wrong, is some petty cases, is almost <b>evanescent</b>. <i>Wollaston.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Evanescently</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Ev`a*nes"cent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv. In a vanishing manner</tt><def>; <i>imperceptibly</i>.</def>

<i>Chalmers.</i>

<h1>Evangel</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*van"gel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82vangile</ets>, L. <ets>evangelium</ets>, Gr. <?/ good news, glad tidings, gospel, fr. <?/ bringing good news; <?/ well + <?/ to bear a message. See <er>Eu-</er>, and cf. <er>Evangely</er>.]</ety> <def>Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>Her funeral anthem is a glad <b>evangel</b>. <i>Whittier.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Evangelian</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E`van*ge"li*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Rendering thanks for favors.</def>

<h1>Evangelic</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E`van*gel"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>evangelicus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>\'82vang\'82lique</ets>. See <er>Evangel</er>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical.</def> "<i>Evangelic</i> truth."

<i>J. Foster.</i>

<h1>Evangelical</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E`van*gel"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; <as>as, the <ex>evangelical</ex> history</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; <as>as, <ex>evangelical</ex> religion</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; pre\'89minetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone"; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.</def>

<cs><col>Evangelical Alliance</col>, <cd>an alliance for mutual strengthening and common work, comprising Christians of different denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool, England, in 1845.</cd> -- <col>Evangelical Church</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The Protestant Church in Germany.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A church founded by a fusion of Lutherans and Calvinists in Germany in 1817.</cd> -- <col>Evangelical Union</col>, <cd>a religion sect founded in Scotland in 1843 by the Rev. James Morison; -- called also <altname>Morisonians</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Evangelical</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E`van*gel"ic*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of evangelical principles.</def>

<h1>Evangelicalism</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E`van*gel"ic*al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Adherence to evangelical doctrines; evangelism.</def>

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<h1>Evangelically</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E`van*gel"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an evangelical manner.</def>

<h1>Evangelicalness</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E`van*gel"ic*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being evangelical.</def>