The Collaborative International Dictionary
Evangelistic \E*van`gel*is"tic\, a. Pertaining to the four evangelists; designed or fitted to evangelize; evangelical; as, evangelistic efforts.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1838, from evangelist + -ic.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Pertaining to evangelism or evangelists; spreading the gospel. 2 Pertaining to the Evangelical school. 3 (context colloquial English) Characterised by enthusiasm and a desire to communicate belief.
WordNet
adj. relating to or promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel; "evangelistic fervor"; "the evangelistic concerns of the early church"
marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause [syn: evangelical]
Usage examples of "evangelistic".
Vicar of Madeley had up to this time confined his labours to his own parish Now, however, he was persuaded to make an evangelistic visit to Breedon, in Leicestershire, also to Bath and Bristol.