Crossword clues for gospeller
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gospeler \Gos"pel*er\, n. [AS. godspellere.] [Written also gospeller.]
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One of the four evangelists.
--Rom. of R.Mark the gospeler was the ghostly son of Peter in baptism.
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A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious reformer; hence, a Puritan. [Obs.]
--Latimer.The persecution was carried on against the gospelers with much fierceness by those of the Roman persuasion.
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A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service.
The Archbishop of York was the celebrant, the epistoler being the dean, and the gospeler the Bishop of Sydney.
--Pall Mall Gazette.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"evangelist," Old English godspellere; agent noun from gospel.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of gospeler English)
WordNet
n. a preacher of the Christian gospel [syn: evangelist, revivalist, gospeler]
Usage examples of "gospeller".
But from Jujuy the dissensions spread to Paraguay, where the Franciscans had several missions extending from Yuti to Cazapa, thus being almost within touch of the Jesuit Gospellers in Santa Maria, upon the eastern bank of the Tebicuari, which bounds their territory.
And then the story goes on to tell of the Resurrection, as all the gospellers in their different ways do.