n.
- the teaching or revelation of Christ.
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(Gospel)
the record of Christ's life and teaching in the first four books of the New Testament.
▸each of these books.
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(also gospel truth)
something absolutely true.
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(also gospel music)
a fervent style of black American evangelical religious singing.
Derivative
- gospelize
or gospelise v.
Etymology
OE gōdspel, from gōd ‘good’ + spel ‘news, a story’, translating eccles. L. bona annuntiatio or bonus nuntius, used to gloss eccles. L. evangelium, from Gk euangelion ‘good news’.
