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A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. A writer of one of the four Gospels ; as, the four evangelists,

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A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. A writer of one of the four Gospels ; as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance. The Apostles, so far as they evangelized, might claim the tittle though there were many evangelists who were not Apistles. Plumptre.

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• FORTHPUTING
  Bold; forward; aggressive.
• CHURCHLINESS
  Regard for the church.
• CHURCHLIKE
  Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak.
• PASTORALLY
  1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.
• TIDINGS
  Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news. I shall make my master glad with these tidings. Shak. Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. Goldsmith. Note: Although tidings is
• PASTORSHIP
  Pastorate. Bp. Bull.
• CHURCH
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• CHURCHYARD
  The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery. Like graves in the holy churchyard. Shak. Syn. -- Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis; cemetery; God's acre.
• CHURCH-BENCH
  A seat in the porch of a church. Shak.
• FORTHCOMING
  Ready or about to appear; making appearance.
• FORTHY
  Therefore. Spenser.
• CHURCH MODES
  The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian.
• PASTORLESS
  Having no pastor.
• PASTORLY
  Appropriate to a pastor. Milton.
• WRITER
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• RESIDENTIAL
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• FORTHWARD
  Forward. Bp. Fisher.
• RESIDENTIARYSHIP
  The office or condition of a residentiary.
• CHURCHSHIP
  State of being a church. South.
• FORTHRIGHTNESS
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• PLAYWRITER
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• STORY-WRITER
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• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• PRESIDENT
  Precedent. Bacon.
• UNDERWRITER
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