evangelists

noun

(when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

a preacher of the Christian gospel

Roots

eueu- · Greek · good, well angelos-angel · Greek · messenger

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