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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

evangel

/(ē̇*văn"jĕl)/ · e·van·gel · IPA /ɪˈvænd͡ʒəl/
01 n. Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel.
  1. 1.
    Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel.
    “Her funeral anthem is a glad evangel.” Whittier.