E*van"gel (?), n. [F. 'evangile, L. evangelium, Gr. good news, glad tidings, gospel, fr. bringing good news; well + to bear a message. See Eu-, and cf. Evangely.]
Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel.
Milton.
Her funeral anthem is a glad evangel.
Whittier.
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