evangelical

adj

1. Of, or relating to any of several Christian Churches that believe in the sole authority of the gospels.
2. Of, or relating to Protestant (especially Lutheran) Churches in Germany.

noun

Etymology: From evangelic + -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).

1. A member of an evangelical church.

   “Furthermore, what would otherwise be good points about the sort of selective literalism that renders homosexuality an unpardonable sin but shrugs off Sarah Palin’s biblically forbidden pearl earrings are lost in Eichenwald’s assumption that evangelicals make these decisions “with less care than they exercise in selecting side orders for lunch.””

2. An advocate of evangelicalism.