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Answer for the clue "Zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel ", 10 letters:
evangelism

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Word definitions for evangelism in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Evangelism is the preaching of the gospel or the practice of giving information about a particular doctrine or set of beliefs to others with the intention of converting others to the Christian faith . This term is not restricted to any particular Christian ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "the preaching of the gospel," from evangel + -ism , or else from Medieval Latin evangelismus "a spreading of the Gospel," from Late Latin evangelium "good news, gospel," from Greek euangelion (see evangelist ). In reference to evangelical Protestantism, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
evangelism \e*van"gel*ism\ ([-e]*v[a^]n"j[e^]l*[i^]z'm), n. The preaching or promulgation of the gospel. --Bacon.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Sharing news of something in order to convince someone to join or otherwise accept it. 2 The process of evangelize.

Usage examples of evangelism.

More missionaries and more money has been given for world evangelism from the United States than any other country since the beginning of the church.

While the other was burning with religious fervor and a practical evangelism, it was deficient in culture, scientific grasp, and a capacity to meet the wants of the time.

It arose incidentally to the Methodist evangelism, in an effort on the part of Philip William Otterbein, of the German Reformed Church, and Martin Boehm, of the Mennonites, to provide for the shepherdless German-speaking people by an adaptation of the Wesleyan methods.

My parents, by contrast, believed in a God who backed the Democrats in every election and whose pet peeves were brainless evangelism and kitschy art of any genre.

My ukaz would command that what time the preachers now spend on petty ritual and ranting and prayer and evangelism and meditation be spent instead with a fly whisk, swatting flies.

For instance, two people may have the same gift of evangelism, but if one is introverted and the other is extroverted, that gift will be expressed in different ways.