evangelistic

evangelistic
/i van'jeuh lis"tik/, adj.
1. pertaining to evangelists or to preachers of the gospel.
2. evangelical.
3. seeking to evangelize; striving to convert sinners.
4. designed or fitted to evangelize.
5. (often cap.) of or pertaining to the four Evangelists.
[1835-45; EVANGELIST + -IC]

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